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How the Oil Pipeline Began

Pipeline fights have a longer history than you think.

June 30, 2017

The Unbearable Weirdness of CRISPR

How the genome of a salt-loving microbe led to a world-changing technology.

June 30, 2017

Ingenious: Albert Camus

A reconstructed conversation with the great writer about science and the absurd.

June 29, 2017

An Arctic Early Warning System?

The Arctic Ocean could become a critical laboratory for understanding the process of climate change.

June 28, 2017

The Tricky Translation of Mathematical Ideas

Big advances in math can happen when mathematicians move ideas into areas where they seem like they shouldn’t belong.

June 28, 2017

The Ultimate Clean Energy Strategy

Could nanoscale catalysts bring us inexpensive fuels and fertilizers—made from air and sunlight—that do not contribute to climate change?

June 27, 2017

Are We Headed for a Sixth Extinction?

The stability of life on Earth depends on the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, which in turn depend on poorly understood microbial ecosystems.

June 27, 2017

The Hunt for a New Neutrino

Physicists are hot on the trail of a new fundamental particle.

June 27, 2017

Planet Nine Is Put on Trial in Absentia

Breathless media coverage notwithstanding, the cases for and against a hypothetical Planet Nine in the outskirts of the solar system remain inconclusive.

June 27, 2017