Tales of resilience

Read Popular Science's Winter 2020 Transformation issue online.

A pandemic-induced global crisis has exposed every fault in our communities. But each of these fissures is a reminder that we can do better—and an opportunity to do so.

- Editor-in-Chief Corinne Iozzio

The Stories:

Behold the world’s tallest trees
A photographer-and-ecologist team are on a mission to document the mightiest members of forests.
Sara Kiley WatsonJanuary 7, 2021
Learn your sourdough starter’s funky secrets
Biologist Rob Dunn wants the scoop on every home baker’s recipe.
Eleanor CumminsDecember 8, 2020
Sharing doesn’t make you a sucker. This scientist has the numbers to prove it.
With the Human Generosity Project, Athena Aktipis wants to show that cooperation makes humans stronger.
Rachel FeltmanDecember 7, 2020
Zoom chats can be surprisingly therapeutic
Seeing a smile, onscreen or in-person, can do wonders.
Sara Kiley WatsonDecember 7, 2020
Cricket-based snacks are surprisingly delicious
What if your tortilla chips had 20 grams of protein?
Stan HoraczekDecember 4, 2020
How to buy carbon offsets that actually make a difference
Even during a pandemic, you produced a lot of greenhouse gases this year.
By Ula ChrobakDecember 3, 2020
This chart shows how far we’ve come in fighting cancer
Five good trends and the stories behind them.
Eleanor CumminsDecember 3, 2020
The fight to stop the next pandemic starts in the jungles of Borneo
A conservation-minded healthcare model could provide a blueprint to stop diseases from making the deadly leap between wildlife and people.
By Brian BarthDecember 2, 2020
Wildlife conservation works, and vertebrates have the numbers to prove it
After removing outlier populations, a new study suggests conservation efforts could be working better than researchers anticipated.
By Rachael ZiskDecember 1, 2020
Social media can be toxic. Here’s how to make sure your feeds aren’t.
The internet may be a really bad place right now. But it’s salvageable.
Whitson GordonDecember 1, 2020
In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Black community battles an industry that threatens its health—and history
A proposed petrochemical complex from plastics giant Formosa could disrupt long-forgotten plantation graves.
Megan I. GannonNovember 17, 2020
The first hyperloop passengers just took a short but important ride
In a test on Sunday in Nevada, two people hit a speed of 107 mph.
Rob VergerNovember 11, 2020

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