American Companies Can’t Sugarcoat Their Carbon Pollution Anymore
Three ways to think about the SEC’s new climate rule
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We’ve Found 5,000 Exoplanets, and We’re Still Alone
So far, the search for a truly Earthlike world has turned up empty.
Climate Change Is Making Allergy Season Even Worse
Temperatures are rising, and they’re taking pollen counts with them.
America’s Approach to Energy Security Is Broken
This should have been the moment for renewables. What happened?
America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem
The successes and failures of annual flu-shot campaigns hold lessons for the future of COVID vaccines.
Tuberculosis Got to South America Through … Seals?
Ancient DNA reveals unexpected twists in the history of this deadly disease.
The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction
What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing.
A New Strategy for Staying One Step Ahead of the Virus
We’re tracking how the virus is changing over time. Why not monitor immunity too?
The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics
For a global plastics treaty to succeed, it will need to tamp down production—and recognize the lives and livelihoods that depend on plastic still.
People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn
The old way of insuring against fires isn’t working anymore.