Washington, D.C. is home to a fascinating labyrinth of tunnels By Joseph Trevithick and Thomas Newdick/The War Zone / Jan 12, 2021
The attack on the Capitol had all the ingredients of a COVID-19 superspreader event By Sara Kiley Watson / Jan 12, 2021
Five election misinformation campaigns to avoid resharing By Starbird, West, & DiResta/The Conversation / Nov 6, 2020
Meet the former government officials who quit or retired to protest ‘blatant disregard’ of science By Starre Vartan & Jenny Morber/Undark / Oct 28, 2020
One of the country’s top environmental officials has been serving illegally By Andrew McKean/Outdoor Life / Oct 23, 2020
Drone surveillance can help hold governments accountable—but it can also oppress us By Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick/MIT Press Reader / Sep 21, 2020
Convincing someone to wear a mask is hard, but not impossible By Colin Marshall/The Conversation / Aug 30, 2020
The CDC’s new COVID-19 testing guidelines could make the pandemic worse By Sara Kiley Watson / Aug 27, 2020
The Great American Outdoors Act proves that grassroots advocacy and democracy still work By Robinson & Krebs/ Outdoor Life / Aug 6, 2020
Local opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine grows as the project reaches the next milestone By Bjorn Dihle/ Outdoor Life / Jul 29, 2020
COVID-19 has turned tests and personal protective equipment into luxuries By Devi Sridhar/Undark / Mar 23, 2020
Where every Democratic candidate stands on the biggest environmental issues By Ula Chrobak / Mar 2, 2020
Congress is putting money toward gun violence research for the first time in decades By Kat Eschner / Dec 19, 2019
By destroying this female pharaoh’s legacy, her successor preserved it forever By Eleanor Cummins / May 14, 2019
Pretty soon we’ll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions By Kat Eschner / Apr 4, 2019
The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request By Neel V. Patel / Mar 28, 2019
Kids skipping school to protest climate change isn’t just reasonable—it’s logical By Rupert Read/The Conversation / Feb 15, 2019
What science issues President Trump did—and did not—address in this year’s State of the Union By Kaitlin Sullivan / Feb 6, 2019
People with extreme political views have trouble thinking about their own thinking By Kat Eschner / Dec 19, 2018
Brazil’s new president plans to plunder the Amazon, which is bad news for all of us By Kat Eschner / Oct 30, 2018
Twitter will let you see your feed in chronological order again—here’s how and why By Stan Horaczek / Sep 18, 2018
What we know about the new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy By Jennifer Lu / Aug 2, 2018
Here are 10 plants and animals that might have gone extinct without the Endangered Species Act By Anna Brooks / Jul 23, 2018
The EPA is keeping a troubling new study on drinking water under wraps. Here’s what you need to know. By Kat Eschner / May 17, 2018
New York should ban plastic bags—and so should the rest of the country By Eleanor Cummins / Apr 25, 2018
We shouldn’t disregard the ideas that come from teens’ developing brains By Eleanor Cummins / Mar 1, 2018
Exclusive: House Science Committee members say President Trump’s lack of science advisers leaves us vulnerable to disaster By Rachel Feltman / Jan 25, 2018
WATCH: Bill Nye on science media, politics, and the feature film he wants to make By Jason Lederman / Dec 30, 2017
Exclusive: House Science Committee members just sent a letter to President Trump insisting he stop relying on fake news By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 18, 2017
These conservatives want to convince you that climate change is real By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 1, 2017