The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
Life Up Close
Detective Fiction Has Nothing on This Victorian-Science Murder Mystery
William Saville-Kent was a pioneering coral photographer. Was he also hiding a grisly secret?
The Truth About Trump’s Greenland Campaign
When the president talks about security in the Arctic, he’s talking about climate change.
Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.’s Unproven Measles Treatment
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
The Paradox of Hard Work
Why do people enjoy doing difficult things?
Who Wants to Live in the Palisades Now?
Los Angeles is planning to rebuild with fire in mind, but the landscape is still primed to burn.
Throw Elon Musk Out of the Royal Society
Science has to be able to defend itself.
America Is Botching Measles
Vaccination is the only way to prevent measles infection, a fact the Trump administration has downplayed.
The Real Cost of Backyard Eggs
Hens are wonderful to keep, but they lay the most expensive eggs you’ll ever buy.
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Pile-On
Environmental justice was patching over gaps in federal law that allowed for zones of concentrated harms.
At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Jay Bhattacharya has spent years railing against the National Institutes of Health. What happens when he runs it?
The Telepathy Trap
A podcast shows how love divides us.
The American Weather Forecast Is in Trouble
Layoffs at NOAA will only make weather reports less reliable.
The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending
The Trump administration is sabotaging the country’s gold-standard climate science in Antarctica and around the world.
Grad School Is in Trouble
The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat
COVID Broke the Rules of Virus Evolution
Why did this coronavirus change faster than scientists expected?
Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight
A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.
Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.
I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.
The Scientific Literature Can’t Save You Now
You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd.
So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
Why the COVID Deniers Won
Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath
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