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Fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought

The mysterious recent spike in methane emissions? It just might be US fracking.

By David Roberts

Senators call for closing “loopholes” that make health care fraud easy

Six Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to take action in response to a story by ProPublica and Vox.

By Marshall Allen

Russian cities are still choking under smoke from massive Siberian wildfires

By Umair Irfan August 14

This feminist gynecologist wants you to know your body and fight the patriarchy

By Julia Belluz August 14

Social media’s conspiracy theory problem isn’t going away

By Brian Resnick August 13

Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids

By Sarah Kurchak August 13

The GOP’s climate change dilemma

By David Roberts August 13

The fish tube is more than a meme. It could help save ecosystems.

By Aja Romano August 13

Is it time to regulate biohacking? California thinks so.

By Sigal Samuel August 13

The Endangered Species Act is incredibly popular and effective. Trump is weakening it anyway.

By Brian Resnick August 12

Colorado’s most powerful climate tool isn’t what you think

By David Roberts August 12

Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap?

By David Roberts August 9

The Perseid meteor shower is the best of the year. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick August 9

4 ways to be smarter about land use to fight climate change

By Umair Irfan August 9

We regret to inform you that scooters aren’t actually good for the environment

By Sigal Samuel August 8

Study: many of the “oldest” people in the world may not be as old as we think

By Kelsey Piper August 8

How desire can warp our view of the world

By Brian Resnick August 8

This nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easier

By Dylan Matthews August 7

Using electricity at different times of day could save us billions of dollars

By David Roberts August 7

Why we should let more foreign doctors practice in America

By Perrie Briskin August 7

Tardigrades, the toughest animals on Earth, have crash-landed on the moon

By Brian Resnick August 6

This cartoon explains why predicting a mass shooting is impossible

By Brian Resnick and Javier Zarracina August 5

Facebook is building tech to read your mind. The ethical implications are staggering.

By Sigal Samuel August 5

How scientists colorize photos of space

By Coleman Lowndes August 2

Why Jay Inslee picked a fight with Joe Biden on climate change

By David Roberts August 2

22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”

By Brian Resnick August 1

The Democratic debates neglected one of America’s biggest public health crises

By German Lopez August 1

Air travel is a huge contributor to climate change. A new global movement wants you to be ashamed to fly.

By Umair Irfan August 1

The 4 best ideas from Jay Inslee’s new climate justice plan

By David Roberts July 30

From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America

By Joni Hess July 30

The Delta Aquariid meteor shower is tonight. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick July 29

Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century

By David Roberts July 27

A “city-killing” asteroid just zipped by Earth. Why didn’t we see it coming?

By Kelsey Piper July 26

If you die via asteroid, this is how it will happen

By Brian Resnick July 26

108 degrees in Paris: Europe is shattering heat records this week

By Umair Irfan July 26

The man who wants to save humanity from nuclear winter

By Kelsey Piper July 25

How a Bay Area ban on feeding squirrels and birds ended up saving their lives

By Alison Hermance July 25

Extremely powerful cosmic rays are raining down on us. No one knows where they come from.

By Brian Resnick July 25

The keto moment

By Julia Belluz July 25

Is GPS really ruining our brains?

By Brian Resnick July 24

The science of regrettable decisions

By Robert Pearl July 23

Who should get the HPV vaccine? The recommendations keep changing.

By Julia Belluz July 22