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Fires of Hell

Zombie Fire Season Is Here in the Arctic

Sebastian Wieczorek, Eoin O’Sullivan, and Kieran Mulchrone

Climate Emotions

Who Wants to Have Children in a Warming World?

Victoria St. Martin

Salad Crispr

Gene-Edited Salad Greens Are Coming to US Stores This Fall

Emily Mullin

Dry Spell

Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought

Hannah Singleton

Rosy Outlook

WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!

Emily Mullin

Flashing Lights

The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum

Dennis Mersereau

Physics

Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell

Charlie Wood

Green Energy

US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

Christopher Niezrecki

environment

The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town

Andrea J. Arratibel

City Living

Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno

Laura Hautala

Climate Change

Mexico Is So Hot, Monkeys Are Falling to Their Death From Trees

Geraldine Castro

Dot Physics

What’s Up With These Crazy Northern Lights?

Rhett Allain

engage

A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to Star Trek

Paul Sutter, Ars Technica

Hot Air

Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

Matt Simon

Cyborg Training

Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

Emily Mullin

Black Death

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Matt Simon

It’s Complicated

The Complex Social Lives of Viruses

Carl Zimmer

Got Milk?

How Big Dairy Took Over Your TikTok Feed—With Help From Uncle Sam

H. Claire Brown

Public Health

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

Emily Mullin

Chicken Little

Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch

Matt Reynolds