From COVID to space exploration, graphics helped tell some the year’s most important stories
Words alone cannot capture the full wonder of all the stories science had to tell this year. That’s where graphics come in. Whether visualizing the most important data emerging around the COVID pandemic, explaining some mind-bending idea in quantum physics or synthesizing the incredible journey of a parasite through three different hosts, Scientific American’s graphics editors have helped cover a plethora of fascinating topics this year. Here is just a tiny sampling of our favorites.
Decoding the Omicron Variant As we reflected on the havoc COVID had already wrought, the virus that causes the disease kept doing its thing—mutating and spreading. By the beginning of 2022 Omicron had become the dominant strain in the U.S., its seeming boundless infectiousness surpassing that of all previous variants. We used graphics to break down Omicron’s threefold strategy: it wore a disguise , stabilized its spike protein and snuck in the “side door” of the cells in our airways.
Getting Warmer Summer 2022 was a scorcher, but data indicate that it will end up being one of the coolest of the rest of our lives. Scientific American’s resident weather expert Andrea Thompson offered a sober distillation of the science of extreme heat in a world increasingly wracked by climate change. The graphics in this story reveal how climate and weather trends led up to some of the hottest months on record, as well as how summers are projected to play out in the future.
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