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Climate Grief Is Burning Across the American West

Age of Flames

Climate Grief Is Burning Across the American West

Matt Simon

Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem

Odd Perfect Numbers

Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem

Steve Nadis

Asbestos Removal Is a Hard Job, but Covid-19 Makes It Harder

Public Health

Asbestos Removal Is a Hard Job, but Covid-19 Makes It Harder

Sofia Quaglia

The big problem with Operation Moonshot? False positives

Health

The big problem with Operation Moonshot? False positives

David Cox

How Does a Sturgis-Sized Crowd Affect Covid? It's Complicated

Public Health

How Does a Sturgis-Sized Crowd Affect Covid? It's Complicated

Megan Molteni

Blood Centers Are Barely Meeting Convalescent Plasma Demand

Public Health

Blood Centers Are Barely Meeting Convalescent Plasma Demand

Sara Harrison

They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell

Long Reads

They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell

Matt Reynolds

China is rapidly building a world-beating wind energy revolution

Environment

China is rapidly building a world-beating wind energy revolution

Alex Christian

Those Orange Western Skies and the Science of Light

Hue Are My Sunshine

Those Orange Western Skies and the Science of Light

Adam Rogers

The Bay Area Just Turned Orange. All Eyes Are on PurpleAir

As the World Burns

The Bay Area Just Turned Orange. All Eyes Are on PurpleAir

Matt Simon

Let's Calculate How Many Balloons David Blaine Needed to Float

Dot Physics

Let's Calculate How Many Balloons David Blaine Needed to Float

Rhett Allain

Is Lightning-Fast Plasma the Key to a Cleaner Car Engine?

Ride the Lightning

Is Lightning-Fast Plasma the Key to a Cleaner Car Engine?

Daniel Oberhaus

You met them on Zoom, now they’re in the office freaking everyone out

Psychology

You met them on Zoom, now they’re in the office freaking everyone out

Amelia Tait

Mental Health in the US is Suffering—Will It Go Back to Normal?

Public Health

Mental Health in the US is Suffering—Will It Go Back to Normal?

Grace Huckins

Why Contact-Tracing Apps Haven’t Slowed Covid-19 in the US

Missed Connection

Why Contact-Tracing Apps Haven’t Slowed Covid-19 in the US

Gregory Barber and Will Knight

How to Escape From an Erupting Volcano

Backchannel

How to Escape From an Erupting Volcano

Cody Cassidy

Peloton Bike+ review: upgrades aplenty and new ways to exercise

Bikes

Peloton Bike+ review: upgrades aplenty and new ways to exercise

Chris Haslam

Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk-Walking

One for the Road

Your Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Drunk-Walking

Matt Simon

Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

Hidden Symmetries

Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

Erica Klarreich

Doctors and Nurses Take to TikTok to Fight Covid Myths

Truth Tellers

Doctors and Nurses Take to TikTok to Fight Covid Myths

Helen Santoro