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Measles Strikes a Florida Elementary School With Over 100 Unvaccinated Kids

Disease

Measles Strikes a Florida Elementary School With Over 100 Unvaccinated Kids

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

Metal Prices Are Soaring. So Is Metal Theft

Stainless Steal

Metal Prices Are Soaring. So Is Metal Theft

Chris Baraniuk

The Transport Companies Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind

Green Mile

The Transport Companies Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind

Stephen Armstrong

Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

Making It Rain

Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

Matt Simon

Tech Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Care for the Environment

Climate Change

Tech Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Care for the Environment

Stephen Armstrong

Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI

Creative Solutions

Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI

Stephen Ornes

All That Rain Is Driving Up Cases of a Deadly Fungal Disease in California

Infectious Disease

All That Rain Is Driving Up Cases of a Deadly Fungal Disease in California

Zoya Teirstein

Kyiv Is Using Homegrown Tech to Treat the Trauma of War

Stress Relief

Kyiv Is Using Homegrown Tech to Treat the Trauma of War

Peter Guest

Hot Water

Ocean Temperatures Keep Shattering Records—and Stunning Scientists

Matt Simon

Fake Caviar Invented in the 1930s Could Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution

Egg-cellent

Fake Caviar Invented in the 1930s Could Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution

Stephen Armstrong

The Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Just Paused a Major Expansion

U-turn

The Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Just Paused a Major Expansion

Matt Reynolds

The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps

Pump It Up

The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps

Matt Simon

A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria

Superbugs

A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria

Emily Mullin

Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit

Smoking Gun

Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit

Celia Ford

Farming Prioritizes Cows and Cars—Not People

Grain Drain

Farming Prioritizes Cows and Cars—Not People

Matt Reynolds

Wild Animals Should Be Paid for the Benefits They Provide Humanity

Bull Market

Wild Animals Should Be Paid for the Benefits They Provide Humanity

Stephen Armstrong

Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries

Misdirection

Climate Finance Is Targeting the Wrong Industries

Stephen Armstrong

The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water

Waste Not

The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water

Matt Simon

Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins

Human Scale

Who Tests If Heat-Proof Clothing Actually Works? These Poor Sweating Mannequins

Amit Katwala

23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’

Genomics

23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’

Emily Mullin