Kelp Is Weirdly Great at Sucking Carbon Out of the Sky
The start-up Running Tide wants to use kelp buoys to fight climate change. The plan might not work, but it’s still a preview of our climate future.
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Vaccines Are Still Mostly Blocking Severe Disease
Our original-recipe shots are holding up against new variants. But we may need to improve them, and soon.
A Radioactive Gas Is Lurking Beneath the Permafrost
Cancer-causing radon has been trapped beneath the frozen Arctic soil for millennia. Climate change is setting it free.
Scotland’s Billionaires Are Turning Climate Change Into a Trophy Game
A net-zero land rush is sweeping the country, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in.
America Did Too Good a Job at Saving Canada Geese
Americans almost drove Canada geese to extinction; now they are so numerous, they’re a nuisance. What do we do next?
What the UFO Discussion Really Needs
Some context.
Frogs Keep Mating With the Wrong Things
Could humans be to blame?
The Clearest Account Yet of How Trump’s Team Botched the Pandemic
Deborah Birx’s Silent Invasion offers more detail and nuance than any other pandemic book.
The U.S. Is About to Make a Big Gamble on Our Next COVID Winter
Experts are expected to choose a vaccine recipe for the fall, when Omicron may or may not still be the globe’s dominant variant.
Behold, the Bottomless Pit Holding Everything Together
Astronomers have captured the Milky Way’s supermassive, mysterious abyss, 27,000 light-years from Earth.