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The Brazil nut tree plays a critical role in the global climate and weather across South America. Deforestation is putting it all at risk.
As polar and mountain regions have warmed, the extent of sea and land ice has declined.
Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences.
Bodies do burn fuel to stay warm — but it’s complicated.
How a new FERC order will help old, polluting power plants stay alive.
Episode IX failed to crack $400 million worldwide, unlike its predecessors.
What economists, political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers taught me about the world in the 2010s.
Millions visit Bethlehem every Christmas. But Palestinians who live there are struggling to survive.
Or that other people have spent on us.
Even as lawmakers blocked hundreds of bills, they confirmed more than 100 judges.
Abortion access in America hangs by a thread. The unraveling began a decade ago.
Thirteen people were wounded, four critically, in the shooting on Chicago’s south side. It was December 2019’s 18th mass shooting.
The wine cave controversy is far from over, as Warren and Sanders emphasize their commitment to small-dollar fundraising.
SNL’s players skewered the wine cave debate, brought back Kamala Harris, and had Donald Trump crash the party.
Buttigieg’s immigration plan, explained.