Month: March 2022

The myth of the climate moderate

After months of discussion and debate, Democrats are at an impasse on a raft of infrastructure legislation that could make

How you’ll know when Covid-19 has gone from “pandemic” to “endemic”

You’ve probably heard it by now: Covid-19 is not going away. The broad consensus among experts is that it’s not

How biological detective work can reveal who engineered a virus

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has made our future vulnerability to biological pathogens — and what we can learn

Playdates are ruining all the fun

It’s become a time-honored tradition in certain segments of American society: two families cross-reference their respective calendars to find a

Is it okay to harvest pig kidneys to save human lives?

“David is a great transplant surgeon. Five of his patients need new parts — one needs a heart, the others

Biden’s Plan B for the climate crisis, explained

After a major setback on a historic package of climate legislation, President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are scrambling

What the oil industry still won’t tell us

Four executives from Big Oil — “the richest, most powerful industry in human history,” according to environmentalist Bill McKibben —

Are “net-zero” climate targets just hot air?

Corporations and countries around the world are promising to eliminate their contributions to climate change. But many of their targets

The fate of the planet will be negotiated in Glasgow, Scotland

Almost every country in the world signed the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a monumental accord that aimed to limit global

Biden’s $27 billion bet on forests

Click:zyn nicotine pouches As the White House revealed Thursday, President Joe Biden has stripped a lot from his Build Back