The Climate Question That Economists Cannot Answer
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
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An Underappreciated Variable in Sports Success
Sometimes athletes just get lucky.
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
The View From the Palisades
A year is only the beginning of recovery from disaster.
The Giant, Voracious Sea Lions That Humans Cannot Stop
Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered salmon.
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025
We’ll never look at potatoes the same way again.
The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice
As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary.
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.