| While humans are chafing under stay-at-home orders and national lockdowns nearly five months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, wildlife are having a whale of a time – quite literally. A reduction in container and cruise ship traffic has provided a holiday of sorts for vulnerable cetaceans, and an opportunity for scientists to learn more about how marine noise pollution impacts ocean species. | | |
 | | When and how might travel rebound? | | If there's anything we've learned recently, it's that nothing is for certain – timelines very much included. But with coronavirus infections flattening around the world, there are positive signs that travel will slowly start beginning in the coming weeks. Here’s what to expect. | | | | | |
 | | On these remote Indonesian islands, isolation is part of everyday life | | The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat (meaning "Four Kings") is as far-flung as you can get nowadays. Arrive in West Papua, and you have to commit to sailing for 14 hours - or 200 nautical miles. If by chance you get stuck there, Robinson Crusoe-style, then too bad. There are no airports nearby. | | | | | |
|  | | How Dalgona coffee became the internet's favourite quarantine drink | | Much like bread-baking and bean-making, Dalgona coffee has become a quarantine classic, seemingly overnight. If you’ve looked at social media at any point during the past few months, you’ve likely scrolled past the white and tan beverage with a milky base, topped with a mixture of instant coffee, sugar, and water that’s been whisked into thick and creamy oblivion. | | | | | |
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