Environment Did climate change aid this fossil discovery? A new Herrerasaurus skeleton in southern Brazil may shed light on the origin of dinosaurs. Researchers count themselves lucky to have found it just in time.
Space The beautiful lunacy of Voyager 1 Some 15 billion miles away, an old spacecraft still chirps at Earth
Biology The Ecological Poetry of Lichen The self-sustaining ecosystem of fungus and algae holds a mirror to ourselves
Biology Architecture Alive: A Bold Vision for the Biological City of Tomorrow Rachel Armstrong on sustainable urban life, and the microbial technology that can get us there
Policy Advocating for a baby boom is a scam Policy interventions aimed at increasing birth rate don't work, create burdens that fall on women, and enrich the already wealthy
Screeds Should we knock science off of its pedestal? The credibility we lend to science and scientists should not obviate the need for criticism.
Health Legal MDMA therapy hits a speed bump The FDA just rejected an application of psychedelic therapy for PTSD. But MDMA’s time may well come soon.
Public Health In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis This story was produced by writer Ray Mwareya and our friends at The Sick Times Tuberculosis (TB) and Long Covid are two diseases that have some overlapping symptoms. The two are often mistaken for each other in South Africa. Long Covid is poorly understood and acknowledged in South Africa, and
Environment Don’t be surprised if extreme heat makes breaking Olympic records impossible Rising heat takes a toll on athletes’ physiology and makes sports more dangerous.
Biology Nude parades and testosterone: The Olympics's obsession with sex and gender Rose Eveleth and Tested deep dive on the long history of excluding women and genital examinations at the Olympics
Engineering The drugs of the future are in the animals of the past The genomes of extinct creatures like mammoths and giant sloths code for natural antibiotics we’ve never seen. So, now what?
Policy Call a spade a spade Trying to do something, anything, about racism and fascism in the 21st century
Biology The surprising link between drug trafficking and bird conservation Forget Cocaine Bear, it’s cocaine-impacted birds we need to worry about.
Books A scientific case for an Earth alive "Becoming Earth" author Ferris Jabr on his new book and how life emerged as an extension of the planet’s surface.
Members only Books Inside a reporter's notebook: Pleistocene beasts Read an unpublished diary entry from Ferris Jabr's trip to Russia's Pleistocene Park while writing Becoming Earth.
Members only Engineering This nature-inspired robot moves at a snail’s pace The contraption uses water to act as lubricant and glue, just like snail mucus.
Members only Health An emotional public hearing on MDMA: ‘Today you will vote on whether my friends live or die’
