Finally, a Private Spaceflight With a Billionaire You’ve Never Heard Of
SpaceX’s first space tourists are launching into orbit this week, and they seem almost normal.
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Alabama’s Watery Past Is a Warning
Fossils of the state’s prehistoric sea dinosaurs can tell us a thing or two about how climate change might one day affect modern animals.
We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines
Complete protection against infection has long been hailed as the holy grail of vaccination. It might simply be unachievable.
When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable
This summer’s weather has forced a kind of continuous awareness of climate change.
The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once
The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too?
The Search for America’s Atlantis
Did people first come to this continent by land or by sea?
Birds Can Hear Tsunamis Way Before They Hit
Scientists hope the ability can be turned into an early-warning system.
Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live
Some Hurricane Ida survivors may have no choice but to leave. Sooner or later, people across the country will be in the same bind.
What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
Reports of vaccines’ decline have been greatly overstated.
The Planet Needs Jerome Powell
The Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Reserve has inadvertently become a climate advocate.