Technology
Australia Has Finally Woken Up to Climate Change
The newly elected government has promised stricter emissions limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods.
The FAA Says SpaceX Can't Expand Its Texas Launch Site—Yet
SpaceX must address dozens of environmental issues before it can upgrade Starbase in Boca Chica. The launch license needed for the...
Monkeypox Can Be Contained—but Time Is Running Out
Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold.
Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs
British Columbia’s three-year trial aims to address its opioid crisis. The legislation has been welcomed, but some think it’s still...
Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity
The rainforest's lush genetic diversity may be due in part to the dynamics of branching rivers, which serve as invisible fences between...
The Last-Ditch Effort to Save Wild Salmon
As climate change deals a blow to coastal habitats, coho salmon are disappearing from California’s Russian River. Can conservation...
NASA’s Plan to Get Ingenuity Through the Martian Winter
NASA engineers are trying to keep the Mars helicopter running as it endures longer, colder nights and the chance of more frequent...
How to Make the Video Game Industry Greener
A new book by researcher Ben Abraham charts gaming’s path to carbon neutrality.
A Pandemic Tragedy on Brazil’s Lago Verde
A dispatch from the Amazon: A beloved leader was the first Indigenous person in Brazil to die of Covid—a loss entwined with her people’s...
India Isn’t Ready for a Deadly Combination of Heat and...
The country’s recent heat wave has seen “wet bulb” temperatures rise to potentially fatal levels—but plans to handle the crisis are...
