Month: March 2022
Playdates are ruining all the fun
It’s become a time-honored tradition in certain segments of American society: two families cross-reference their respective calendars to find a ...
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How biological detective work can reveal who engineered a virus
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has made our future vulnerability to biological pathogens — and what we can learn ...
DetailsWhat the oil industry still won’t tell us
Four executives from Big Oil — “the richest, most powerful industry in human history,” according to environmentalist Bill McKibben — ...
DetailsAre “net-zero” climate targets just hot air?
Corporations and countries around the world are promising to eliminate their contributions to climate change. But many of their targets ...
DetailsThe fate of the planet will be negotiated in Glasgow, Scotland
Almost every country in the world signed the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a monumental accord that aimed to limit global ...
DetailsBiden’s $27 billion bet on forests
As the White House revealed Thursday, President Joe Biden has stripped a lot from his Build Back Better framework to ...
DetailsCovid-19 vaccines for young kids are a big step toward a new normal
More than 28 million children across the US are now eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccinations, a step that could relieve ...
DetailsThe curious case of the ancient whale bones
Every year, thousands of whales strand — meaning that they wind up trapped on beaches or in shallow waters — ...
DetailsStreaming space tourism is the new reality TV
When SpaceX launches its first all-civilian crew into space later this fall and takes a multi-day trip circling the Earth, ...
DetailsThe case against the concept of biodiversity
In 2017, an evolutionary biologist named R. Alexander Pyron ignited controversy with a Washington Post commentary titled “We don’t need ...
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