Climate Change Is Moving Mountains
As glaciers melt and rainfall grows more extreme, once-stable lands are shifting.
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The Return of the Monarch
After years of decline, butterfly populations are rising—for now.
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.
The Bizarre Partnership Between the U.S. and Venezuela
Responding to the recent earthquakes pushed the two countries’ new relationship out into the open.
The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped
Kids are supposed to be uniquely vulnerable to heat, but the data tell a different story.
Lab-Leak Payback Has Begun
Indictments, subpoenas, and debarments are hitting American scientists embroiled in the controversy over COVID’s origins.
Prepare for Airplane Purgatory
The chances of getting stuck for hours in a grounded plane are soaring.
Hell Arrives in Washington
My day of extreme heat in the nation’s capital
Venezuelans Were Sorting Through the Rubble Alone
“It was just us, the relatives, the neighbors,” one woman who was searching for her family said.
A Long-Standing Theory of Childbirth Is a Myth
Delivering a human baby is not uniquely difficult.