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”
Don’t Fear the Handshake
The gesture has survived plenty of outbreaks before COVID, and it will almost certainly outlast more to come.
Dust Lakes Keep Popping Up Across the West
The demise of salt lakes threatens humans and wildlife alike.
Madagascar’s Fishers Are Stuck on Land
As a result of stormier seas caused by climate change, lifelong fishers have more than a month’s less ocean time on average than they did 40 years ago.
The Case for ‘Kraken’
Any name for the coronavirus is better than a jumble of letters and numbers.
Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener
A classic urban trade-off might not be our destiny. That’s great news for the climate.
Can We Talk About How Weird Baby Mammals Are?
Kangaroos with giant arms. Bats with clown feet. Sometimes, young animals’ proportions are shockingly different from their parents’.
Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water
The state is being tossed between awful climate extremes.
The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before
Astronomy is in a new era. It involves giant lasers.
The Ice Age Has Nothing on ‘Snowball Earth’
Five hundred million years before the dawn of dinosaurs, strange animals ruled a frozen planet.
The Military Is About to Launch a Constellation
Private companies have been sending herds of tiny satellites to orbit for years. Now the Space Force wants to join this very crowded party.