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Best Screenplay Goes to the Algorithms

Learning to appreciate the future of literature.

December 4, 2019

Is Net Zero Emissions an Impossible Goal?

What it would take to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air than we put in.

November 27, 2019

If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist

Where might the US be if it heeded her discovery of global warming’s source?

November 27, 2019

How to Predict Extreme Weather

Climate science is forging a more perfect union between humans and machines.

November 20, 2019

Are Neural Networks About to Reinvent Physics?

The revolution of machine learning has been greatly exaggerated.

As Winters Shrink, Our Discontent Grows

Our sense of order is disappearing with the snow packs.

November 13, 2019

The Psychology of Greta Thunberg’s Climate Activism

Identifying the ingredients of an effective argument.

November 6, 2019

We Need to Talk About Peat

Earth’s great storehouses of carbon are looking ominous.

November 6, 2019

The Rainforest Is Teeming with Consciousness

Our fate turns on retiring our dualist view of nature.

November 6, 2019

Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees

Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stressed.

October 30, 2019

Are We Flushing Our Resistance to Antibiotics Down the Drain?

Taking account of the drug-resistant germs turning up in rivers and soils.

October 30, 2019

Rock Solid Evidence for Other Earths

A breakthrough in understanding exoplanets.

October 23, 2019