The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out
For centuries, red coral was traded all over the world. Now it’s disappearing.
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The Weekly Planet: The Great Climate Bill of 2021 Is Being Shaped Now
The game before the game has started.
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No One Has Seen a Mars Landing Quite Like This
NASA engineers have captured a rover’s swift descent to the surface of the red planet.
A New Era of Black Holes Is Here
Astronomers have discovered a black-hole treasure trove that is changing our view of the cosmos.
A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer
Families will gather. Restaurants will reopen. People will travel. The pandemic may feel like it’s behind us—even if it’s not.
Scientists Really, Really Want a Piece of Mars
A new NASA rover has jump-started an intense effort to finally bring home a pristine sample from the red planet.
Delay a Shot? Skip One? Vaccine-Dosing Messaging Is a Nightmare.
Vaccine regimens need both science and public trust to succeed.
The Weekly Planet: The Big Idea From Bill Gates’s New Climate Book
Call it the “Gates Rule.”
Life Is Tough for Teenage Parasites
For a deep-sea parasitic worm, the epic journey to adulthood starts in a fish’s intestines.
Coastal Darkening Is a Hidden Environmental Nuisance
Murky water poses a growing threat to all sorts of marine life.