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The Climate Struggle Literally Hit Home in 2022

Year in Review

The Climate Struggle Literally Hit Home in 2022

Matt Simon

Let’s Go to Mars. Let’s Not Live There

Year in Review

Let’s Go to Mars. Let’s Not Live There

Ramin Skibba

Crispr’s Quest to Slay Donegal Amy

Genetics

Crispr’s Quest to Slay Donegal Amy

Grace Browne

You Don’t Need to Fear a World of 8 Billion Humans

Year in Review

You Don’t Need to Fear a World of 8 Billion Humans

Matt Reynolds

Here’s What’s Next for Pig Organ Transplants

Year in Review

Here’s What’s Next for Pig Organ Transplants

Emily Mullin

Dear Electric Vehicle Owners: You Don’t Need That Giant Battery

Year in Review

Dear Electric Vehicle Owners: You Don’t Need That Giant Battery

Gregory Barber

A New Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations

Against the Flow

A New Computer Proof ‘Blows Up’ Centuries-Old Fluid Equations

Jordana Cepelewicz

This Christmas, It’s ‘Firmageddon’ as Climate Change Hits Oregon

Deadwood

This Christmas, It’s ‘Firmageddon’ as Climate Change Hits Oregon

Gabrielle Canon

Eating Too Much Salt Could Cause Stress Levels to Rise

White Christmas

Eating Too Much Salt Could Cause Stress Levels to Rise

Sabrina Weiss

How to Use Physics to Tell If That Steph Curry Video Is Real

Dot Physics

How to Use Physics to Tell If That Steph Curry Video Is Real

Rhett Allain

Wine Is Getting Pricier Thanks to a Logistical Nightmare

Grapes of Wrath

Wine Is Getting Pricier Thanks to a Logistical Nightmare

Matt Simon

A More Elegant Form of Gene Editing Progresses to Human Testing

Spell Check

A More Elegant Form of Gene Editing Progresses to Human Testing

Emily Mullin

The Bittersweet Defeat of Mpox

Year in Review

The Bittersweet Defeat of Mpox

Gideon Lichfield and Maryn McKenna

Here Comes a Bomb Cyclone to Ruin Christmas

It's Cold Outside

Here Comes a Bomb Cyclone to Ruin Christmas

Amanda Hoover

Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw

Lights Off

Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw

Matt Reynolds

The Secret Life of Plant Killers

Hacker News

The Secret Life of Plant Killers

Sonya Bennett-Brandt

Russia Has Turned Eastern Ukraine Into a Giant Minefield

Psychological Warfare

Russia Has Turned Eastern Ukraine Into a Giant Minefield

Rich Wordsworth

The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What He’s Doing Next

Bioethics

The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What He’s Doing Next

Emily Mullin

Spaceflight Companies Promised to Do Science—So How’s It Going?

Up in the Air

Spaceflight Companies Promised to Do Science—So How’s It Going?

Ramin Skibba

The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb

David and Goliath

The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb

Antonia Juhasz