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”
Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises
A new discovery could rewrite the story of reptilian sex.
NASA’s Plan to Bounce People Off the Atmosphere
An uncrewed capsule has circled the moon and made a historic plunge on its way home.
Some Indigenous People Crushed Up Dead Clams. Maybe We Should Too?
Clamshells could help make the ocean less acidic—a problem that is affecting clams themselves.
‘Biological Strip Malls’ Have Taken Over the Planet
Human activity is making ecosystems around the world look the same.
Seeing Earth From Space Will Change You
The question is how.
Only English Would Try to Shorten a Word This Way
There’s something very unusual about the shortened form of usual.
COVID Science Is Moving Backwards
We’ve let the data slip away.
Cocaine Bear: Why?
Of course you want to watch a movie about a bear on drugs.
The Year Without Germs Changed Kids
Children who spent their formative years in the bleach-everything era will certainly have different microbiomes. The question is whether different means bad.
The Transcendent Brain
Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?