The Burning Problem of America’s Sugar Cane Growers
There’s a hidden cost to the way Florida’s farmers bring in the sugar crop. Just visit the hospitals and measure the climate impact.
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"It’s a Razor’s Edge We’re Walking"
Around the world, more than 40 teams are working on a vaccine for Covid-19. How one doctor is approaching the most urgent quest of his life.
Greta's World
A profile of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The Frontier Couple Who Chose Death Over Life Apart
Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first.
The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration
An interview with Richard A. Epstein of the Hoover Institution.
Where the Water Used to Be
On water scarcity in Mexico City.
The Big Cat Fight
An early profile of Carole Baskin, proprietor of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa.
How the Pandemic Will End
The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
Cold War
Snow science against the avalanche.
Is It OK to Have a Child?
The polar icecaps are melting. Is it OK to have a child? Australia is on fire. Is it OK to have a child? My house is flooded, my crops have failed, my community is fleeing. Is it OK to have a child? It is, in a sense, an impossible question.
When Measles Arrives: Breaking Down the Anatomy of Containment
Anatomy of an outbreak.
Planet Plastic
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades.
The Mystery of Mountain Lions
Despite decades of research, myth and fear still surround the animals.
Shell Is Looking Forward
The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.
The Blind Man Who Taught Himself to See
Daniel Kish is entirely sightless. So how can he ride a bike on busy streets? Go hiking for days alone? By using a technique borrowed from bats.
Where Science Enters the Courtroom, the Daubert Name Looms Large
Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity—and changed courtroom science forever.
The Bittersweet Bounty of Greenland's First Spring
How climate change is altering food in Greenland.
The Lucrative, Largely Unregulated, and Widely Misunderstood World of Vaping
As medical researchers scramble to find the source of a fatal lung disease and officials seek to ban the sale of vape pens, our correspondent set out to separate reality from hysteria.
America’s Radioactive Secret
Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
Hell in the Hot Zone
How the Ebola outbreak spread.
Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind?
On the shared life of Tatiana and Krista Hogan:
The girls’ doctors believe it is entirely possible that the sensory input that one girl receives could somehow cross that bridge into the brain of the other. One girl drinks, another girl feels it.
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?
A new genetic engineering technology could help eliminate malaria and stave off extinctions — if humanity decides to unleash it.
A World Without Pain
Does hurting make us human?
What I Learned in Avalanche School
“I wanted to be prepared for the worst nature could throw at me. But the real threat turned out to be human.”
A Few Too Many
On the centuries-long search for the perfect hangover remedy.
