Last Call at the Disaster Department
Trump has signaled an end date for FEMA.
Science
A New View Into the Universe
At the summit of Cerro Pachón, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started its work.
Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning
“Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.”
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
Astronomers Are Now Obsessed With a Particular Gas on Venus
If phosphine is lurking in the planet’s atmosphere, the source could, just maybe, be alien life.
How Science Beat the Virus
And what it lost in the process
Survival of the Luckiest
Natural selection isn’t the only way species evolve.
The Weekly Planet: What Extremely Muscular Horses Teach Us About Climate Change
You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.
Life as We Know It Hinges on One Very Small Decimal
Give it up for 1/137.
The Voyagers Found a Small Surprise in Interstellar Space
The spacecraft are still feeling the sun billions of miles from home.
Pandemic Data Are Stalling Out
Thanksgiving has skewed reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths, but one metric is still clear: Hospitalizations keep rising.
Galaxy Brain Is Real
Looking at the long views from the Hubble space telescope might be good for you.
The Weekly Planet: The Best Way to Donate to Fight Climate Change (Probably)
These are the most effective carbon offsets and climate-advocacy groups, according to a new evidence-based group.
Tires Are a Hidden Environmental Nuisance
The pollution that cars emit goes beyond what spews from their tailpipe.