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”
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
If You Must Cry Over a Space Robot, Make It This One
NASA’s InSight mission was the little lander that kinda, mostly could.
No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.
Future Generations Might Never Get to Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Climate change is threatening this yuletide classic.
How Long Until Alaska’s Next Oil Disaster?
The compromise that passed the Inflation Reduction Act has Alaskans braced for catastrophe.
How Glass Frogs Weave the World’s Best Invisibility Cloak
The amphibians pull off a death-defying magic trick to stay hidden while they sleep.
Boston Is Losing Its Snow Wicked Fast
New England is warming more quickly than almost anywhere else on Earth.
An Unmistakable Stain in America’s Most Pristine Rivers
Climate change is rusting Alaska’s waterways.
Mumbai Has ‘Flamingo Fever’
Every winter, thousands of flamingos descend on the city’s sewage-filled creeks.
The Luckiest Rover
Well, well, well! Look what the Martian wind blew in.