You Can Spot Climate Change in Old Restaurant Menus
In the 1880s, Vancouver’s seafood joints served lots of salmon. These days they serve squid.
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The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive
The agency can still regulate carbon pollution, just not in the most efficient, system-wide ways.
‘Greenwashing’ Isn’t About Consumers
Corporate climate action has become an employee perk
Twice a Year, Reindeer Eyes Pull Off a Wonderful Magic Trick
The Arctic can stay perpetually dark for months. Reindeer cope by changing part of their eyes from gold to blue.
This Fall Will Be a Vaccination Reboot
For the first time, COVID vaccines are getting an update in the U.S. But Americans still need to be persuaded to take them.
Full-Bodied With Notes of Band-Aid and Medicine
Climate change is altering wine as we know it.
I Witnessed One of the Ocean’s Rarest Phenomena
During a “milky sea,” trillions of bacteria make the ocean light up glow-stick green.
A Mystery That Took 13,200 Years to Crack
Hidden in the tusk of a 34-year-old mastodon was a record of time and space that helped explain his violent death.
How to Be a Good Person Without Annoying Everyone
There’s a simple trick to provoking better behavior, without seeming like a self-righteous jerk.
Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?
An experimental therapy helped patients with a rare disease feel better. It also led to an accidental makeover.