Hot-weather cherries, drought-resistant melons and six other crops in the works that could change how we eat in a fast-warming world. Plant breeders, by nature,...
Science & Climate
The city is seeing rainfall patterns that look more like Miami’s or even Singapore’s, an official said at The Atlantic Festival. New York City’s sewer...
Most people now live in countries where two or fewer children are born for every two adults. If all people in the United States today...
The remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been canceled. The move comes after the Biden administration drew criticism...
Some days Wes Carlton wants to turn off his phone. The calls from developers wanting to buy pieces of his four large cattle ranches in...
Tulare Lake re-emerged after intense storms battered the state this winter, and will likely remain in the Central Valley for months — and maybe years...
A big problem is that they are black boxes. In 1960 Norbert Weiner published a prescient essay. In it, the father of cybernetics worried about a...
It would make building bases a lot cheaper and easier. Imagine a habitable colony on Mars or the Moon and the kinds of structures that come...
Our use of antimicrobial cleaners spiked during the pandemic. Given the potential long-term health risks, it might be worth cutting back again. The cleaning industry...
Of all the aftershocks from Vladimir Putin’s attempted military takeover of Ukraine, one of the least likely could prove the most significant: a decisive global...
NASHVILLE — At first I thought this winter’s strange weather was merely part of the boomerang pattern we contend with more and more frequently in...
One Vanderbilt, in the heart of New York City, is built to be especially climate friendly. But the design landscape and city rules have changed...
Can an industrial renaissance make America stronger, greener and richer? t its apogee in the 1930s Ford’s River Rouge complex, just outside Detroit, employed some...
The seven states that rely on the river for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts. It appears the Biden administration will...
Forecasters say the onslaught of storms is expected to last at least another week. Evacuation orders for thousands of people across California were lifted on...
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year. The writers on The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desks have...
A new chatbot from OpenAI is inspiring awe, fear, stunts and attempts to circumvent its guardrails. Like most nerds who read science fiction, I’ve spent...
Political tensions will hamper dialogue, but could their rivalry have benefits? Consensus is rare in climate negotiations, but most parties agree on one point. China...
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