Science

A natural-gas pipeline being laid in Pennsylvania — Robert Nickelsberg / Getty

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

The Biden administration just made the case against increasing natural-gas exports.

Zoë SchlangerDecember 18, 2024

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Illustration from The Great Barrier Reef of Australia

Detective Fiction Has Nothing on This Victorian-Science Murder Mystery

William Saville-Kent was a pioneering coral photographer. Was he also hiding a grisly secret?

Michelle NijhuisJune 16, 2021

An Energetic Protostar
Day 18 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 18, 2024
A Gathering of Ancient Stars
Day 17 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 17, 2024
Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview
More places should practice going without crucial resources.
Elizabeth RushDecember 17, 2024
A New View of a Distant Spiral
Day 16 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 16, 2024
Glowing From Within
Day 15 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 15, 2024
$Hundreds of bright and differently colored stars, seen in a cluster, with most stars displaying six long diffraction spikes, artifacts of the telescope's structure$
A Sky Full of Stars
Day 14 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 14, 2024
Environmental Internationalism Is in Its Flop Era
Every major international negotiation—over biodiversity, plastics, and climate—failed to meet its goals.
Zoë SchlangerDecember 13, 2024
A Cloud in the Deep Sky
Day 13 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 13, 2024
A Clash of Titans
Day 12 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 12, 2024
Gazing Deeply Through Time
Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 11, 2024
The Glow of Hot, Young Stars
Day 10 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 10, 2024
A Dark and Dusty Galaxy
Day 9 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar:
Alan TaylorDecember 9, 2024
A Mysterious Nebula
Day 8 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 8, 2024
The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean
The pollen that gloms onto the insects can help reveal their secret journeys.
Saugat BolakheDecember 7, 2024
A Supernova Seen Thrice
Day 7 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 7, 2024
A Galactic Collision
Day 6 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Alan TaylorDecember 6, 2024
Elon Musk Gets His Mini-Me at NASA
Another billionaire space enthusiast could make his way into the Trump administration.
Ross AndersenDecember 5, 2024
Day 5 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Beyond the mane
Alan TaylorDecember 5, 2024
Winter Is Cooked
It’s getting not only warmer but wetter.
Zoë SchlangerDecember 5, 2024
Day 4 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Stormy weather
Alan TaylorDecember 4, 2024