Science Archive
Archives for February 2022


Turns out incoherent legal doctrines are hard to apply.


There are still effective ways to adapt that can also lower emissions, the latest IPCC report from UN scientists finds.


The threat of nuclear weapons never went away. But Putin’s invasion of Ukraine makes it visible again.


The secret sauce of the Partners in Health co-founder’s success.


Elephant seals will help scientists monitor secretive marine mammals in the deep ocean.


The scourge of plant poaching is hurting the planet.


Nothing is at stake in West Virginia v. EPA — yet somehow everything is at stake.


The future of sea level rise is being written underneath Antarctica and Greenland.


How countries like India can have economic growth and cleaner air.


A new report finds that, for all its flaws, the Covid-19 vaccination rollout has been a historic win for humanity.


Humanity has an “unbalanced checkbook” of methane pollution.


How ignoring a key side effect of Covid-19 vaccines led to one of the most pervasive vaccination myths about fertility.


How Elon Musk was falsely accused of sending a rocket to the moon.


Antibiotic resistance is approaching a crisis point, and the world needs to act.


It’s the “early stages of the biggest transition in the auto industry since the car was first invented.”