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Charles Digges

Charles Digges is an environmental journalist who edits the website of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona.

The Divers Who Stretch the Limits of Human Biology

The most dangerous job on Earth is at the bottom of the sea

October 2, 2025

We’ve Got the Beat—in Our Genes

How much we enjoy music, and in what ways, is heritable

May 19, 2025

Whales Run Aground by the Sun

Is the fault of whale strandings partially in the stars?

May 16, 2025

The Collective Power of Ants

A group of ants beats a group of humans at problem solving

February 25, 2025

Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage

The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean.

November 15, 2024

Digging Into the First Work of Modern Ecology

What Carl Linneaus can teach us about animal appetites.

November 13, 2024

The Mystery of the Cosmic Radio Globs

What violent galaxy smashups may have wrought across the universe.

September 20, 2024

Tanning With the Stars

Since we can’t travel to the stars, this philosophical trickster brings them to us.

July 12, 2024

The Internet Might Be Good for Us

One study suggests that, on a global scale, it's associated with greater happiness.

June 7, 2024

How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping

Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever.

May 9, 2024

Viva la Library!

Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.

April 8, 2024