If 2020 was a wonderful, boring year, 2021 was a wonderful year that came later. But for long-term writers, the novelty brings opportunity. Surprises bring up the news – some of them related to a regular epidemic, some of them coming out of the cracks where the plague broke out. This year’s list of well-known WIRED brands comes from readers, who voted and clicked, and editors, who often refuse to admit that they love each of their children more than anyone else. Through strange times not, one thing becomes true: We express ourselves with the stories we tell. Here, when choosing your vacation count, a list of 31 known pieces from 2021. (Yes, 31. We know: very strange.)