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Wildfire Smoke Is Terrible for You. But What Does It Do to Cows?

Climate Change

Wildfire Smoke Is Terrible for You. But What Does It Do to Cows?

Matt Simon

These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage

Public Health

These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage

Maggie Chen

Your Final Resting Place Could Be a Coffin Made of Mushrooms

Second Life

Your Final Resting Place Could Be a Coffin Made of Mushrooms

William Ralston

The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs

Big Neuropharma

The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs

John Semley

How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds

Ship Tracks

How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds

Matt Simon

Ring Vaccination Beat Smallpox. Could It Work for Monkeypox?

Public Health

Ring Vaccination Beat Smallpox. Could It Work for Monkeypox?

Maryn McKenna

Interstate Travel Post-Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think

Stuck in Place

Interstate Travel Post-Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think

Thor Benson

Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth

Crystal Clear

Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth

Joanna Thompson

The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River

Mud Fight

The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River

Boyce Upholt

How Much Power Does Batman Need for His Ascender Gun?

Dot Physics

How Much Power Does Batman Need for His Ascender Gun?

Rhett Allain

After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control

Public Health

After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control

Emily Mullin

Nuclear Power Plants Are Struggling to Stay Cool

Too Hot To Handle

Nuclear Power Plants Are Struggling to Stay Cool

Gregory Barber

A Film Challenges the James Webb Telescope's Controversial Name

Name Drop

A Film Challenges the James Webb Telescope's Controversial Name

Ramin Skibba

A Tool for Fighting Superbugs Has Been Found Deep in the Desert

Extreme Ways

A Tool for Fighting Superbugs Has Been Found Deep in the Desert

Mikaela Conley

Architects Are Copying Nature to Make Low-Carbon Buildings

Nature Did It First

Architects Are Copying Nature to Make Low-Carbon Buildings

Suchi Rudra

Europe Has Descended Into the Age of Fire

The Pyrocene

Europe Has Descended Into the Age of Fire

Matt Simon

A Deadly Glacier Collapse Sends a Dire Climate Warning

Climate Change

A Deadly Glacier Collapse Sends a Dire Climate Warning

Tristan Kennedy

Embryonic Research Could Be the Next Target After Roe

Public Health

Embryonic Research Could Be the Next Target After Roe

Matt Reynolds

Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

Public Health

Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

Grace Huckins

Meet the UK’s New Woodland Rangers: a Herd of Wild Bison

Roam Free

Meet the UK’s New Woodland Rangers: a Herd of Wild Bison

Victoria Turk