The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated
Russia and inflation are pushing America into a new climate era.
Why Kids’ COVID-Vaccine Results Don’t Look Like Adults’
After a stellar run in adult and teen trials, the vaccines are now trying to contend with Omicron, and the numbers show it.
A Recipe for Climate Disaster
Extreme rain, rising sea levels, and more frequent wildfires are all making landslides more likely.
The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Rings
The planet’s defining feature is slowly disappearing.
How Does Such a Big Black Hole Fit in Such a Small Galaxy?
Scientists hope these unexpected pairings can shed light on the early universe.
You Try Constricting Your Prey and Breathing at the Same Time
Boa constrictors have figured out a way to inflate only parts of their lungs.
America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold
Whenever it arrives, the next surge could put the country’s tolerance for disease and death in full relief.
American Companies Can’t Sugarcoat Their Carbon Pollution Anymore
Three ways to think about the SEC’s new climate rule
We’ve Found 5,000 Exoplanets, and We’re Still Alone
So far, the search for a truly Earthlike world has turned up empty.
Climate Change Is Making Allergy Season Even Worse
Temperatures are rising, and they’re taking pollen counts with them.
America’s Approach to Energy Security Is Broken
This should have been the moment for renewables. What happened?
America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem
The successes and failures of annual flu-shot campaigns hold lessons for the future of COVID vaccines.
Tuberculosis Got to South America Through … Seals?
Ancient DNA reveals unexpected twists in the history of this deadly disease.
The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction
What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing.
A New Strategy for Staying One Step Ahead of the Virus
We’re tracking how the virus is changing over time. Why not monitor immunity too?
The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics
For a global plastics treaty to succeed, it will need to tamp down production—and recognize the lives and livelihoods that depend on plastic still.
People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn
The old way of insuring against fires isn’t working anymore.
The Freeloading Boyfriends That Just Won’t Let Go
Male Santa Marta harlequin toads piggyback on their mate for months before egg meets sperm.
How in the World Did We Get Venus Flytraps?
Scientists are closing in on one of botany’s great riddles
The Pandemic After the Pandemic
Long COVID isn’t going away, and we still do not have a way to fully prevent it, cure it, or really to quantify it.