Happy birthday, Roe v. Wade! You’re in good company
Jan 22, 2016, 4:48 pm By Eve Andrews
Happy Roe v. Wade Day, everyone! Forty-three years ago today, the Supreme Court decided that a…Plant hackers trade software for DNA, still live with their parents
Jan 22, 2016, 4:43 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
The modern-day “hacker,” as portrayed in popular culture, is a human subspecies native to…Sorry! Winter Storm Jonas doesn’t make climate change a liberal hoax
Jan 22, 2016, 3:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Good news, folks! It turns out that climate change is a big ol’ liberal hoax after all. Need…The EPA’s role in Flint’s water crisis
Jan 22, 2016, 3:26 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by The New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the…Obama’s Clean Power Plan survives a legal challenge
Jan 22, 2016, 12:43 pm By Jack Lienke
Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied motions to stay the…Geoengineering simulation lets us play with the future
Jan 21, 2016, 7:49 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Wherever you stand on geoengineering — whether you think it’s our only chance of survival or a…Angry moms get gun-toters booted from Whole Foods
Jan 21, 2016, 7:35 pm By Katie Herzog
Welcome to America: Home of the free, land of the gun nut. “Open carry” has been in the news…Bigwigs have big ideas for cutting our food waste in half
Jan 21, 2016, 7:00 pm By Clayton Aldern
People are spectacularly good at throwing things away — recyclables, dreams, reputations…Are we alone in the universe because all the aliens went extinct?
Jan 21, 2016, 6:32 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
If we’re alone in the universe, then the big question is: Why? There are billions upon billions…Carly Fiorina hijacks field trip, leads pre-schoolers to anti-abortion rally
Jan 21, 2016, 5:02 pm By Katie Herzog
A British reporter from the Guardian got an inside look at American politics recently when he…Leo DiCaprio wins award, pledges $15 million to the planet
Jan 21, 2016, 4:30 pm By Kate YoderNothing makes us swoon like a lionhearted climate change warrior. So today’s climate crush should…Koch brother resigns from museum board after calls from scientists
Jan 21, 2016, 3:03 pm By Katie Herzog
For 23 years, David Koch, the billionaire industrialist who made a fortune off fossil fuels,…My city banned plastic bags — now where am I supposed to recycle them?
Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Olympia recently banned plastic bags, which is great. Here is my problem: Now that…These bacterial communities are heating up the desert
Jan 20, 2016, 8:15 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Do you ever feel like this is a microbial world, and that we’re just living in it? It seems like…Climate deniers attack NASA scientist dying of cancer
Jan 20, 2016, 8:11 pm By Katie Herzog
Readers of The New York Times were treated to a deeply touching essay this week by Piers Sellers,…Modern-day slavery and environmental devastation go hand in hand
Jan 20, 2016, 8:04 pm By Katie Herzog
Slavery didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite slavery being illegal in every…Biodegradable robots? Not satisfied with stealing jobs, robots elbow in on death
Jan 20, 2016, 7:43 pm By Kate Yoder
When it comes to creating robots that look like humans, we’re getting good — uncannily…This guy started an e-waste band, and it’s actually amazing
Jan 20, 2016, 3:53 pm By Suzanne JacobsYou know what they say — when life gives you e-waste, start a band and make sick tunes with it.…The real heroes of the Flint water crisis
Jan 20, 2016, 3:44 pm By Raven Rakia
On Sunday night, while smart people were probably doing anything other than watching the Democratic…2015 was record-busting hot, scientists say
Jan 20, 2016, 1:29 pm By Zoë Schlanger
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…
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