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Environment

Is Fixing the Climate Incompatible with American Ideals?

Inalienable rights in the age of carbon dioxide.

July 10, 2018

Is This Man the Elon Musk of E-Waste?

Eric Lundgren’s electric car goes farther than a Tesla. He’s also going to prison.

July 10, 2018

The Deep Time of Walden Pond

The science and history of the lake Thoreau made famous.

April 13, 2018

With ‘Downsized’ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World

Compact genomes and tiny cells gave flowering plants an edge over competing flora. This discovery hints at a broader evolutionary principle.

January 11, 2018

How the Elwha River Was Saved

The inside story of the largest dam removal project in US history.

January 5, 2018

Is the Modern Mass Extinction Overrated?

We are ignoring the gains that balance the losses.

October 26, 2017

What We Get Wrong About Lyme Disease

The stories we tell about the epidemic get things backward.

September 25, 2017

This Ecologist Wants to Tell You What Matters in Science

“What physicists and astronomers do is trivial compared to solving these problems.”

August 23, 2017