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This week: Should we mine the ocean?Mask mandates are over, what else?Split up the FDAAlzheimer's trials are very whiteRonan Farrow comes for Pegasus spywareGet more:Get more news,...

This week: Carbon removal: Hope is not a plan. A bajillion dollars might be!COVID and diabetes is the new BenniferWalmart's regenerative farming pledge is about dirtPFAS in food wr...

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Over the past few years, more and more voters have cited “action on climate” as a reason for voting the way they do.From Data for Progress, in October:Over two-thirds of voters (68...

This week: The climate tech gap, explainedFree COVID tests, over (for some)The future of freshwaterMillions of nurses, lostFacebook, unregulated, stillGet more:Get more news, analy...

This week: The SEC's new climate rule, summarizedJ&J's COVID shot, redeemed?How to protect food workers in the climate agePTSD and ecstasyRussia's lack of cyber warfare, hypoth...

A little while ago, I had a conversation with Dr. Madhukar Pai about vaccine equity.In it, I tried to understand why and how developed countries were spending billions on COVID vac...

This week: ESG's crumblingCOVID on the rise, funding vanishesCalifornia's breadbasket at riskGene therapy pricingYour biometric data for sale, part 73Get more:Get more news, analys...

There’s no word for “conservation” in many Indigenous languages.Some come close, but mean something more like “taking care of” or “looking after.”And that’s probably because the ve...

This week: Putin's oil, rejectedThe lives we write offWhat "sustainable" really means, or, nothingLead pipes, stillMicrosoft's new cancer botGet more:Get more news, analysis, and A...

There’s these metaphors that sum up a lot of what we’re trying to do here, what needs to be done on planet Earth, from climate change to COVID to AI ethics, which is something you ...

This week: The IPCC report, by the numbersBiden's new COVID planWheat (prices) on the riseMental health apps need to meditate on some randomized control trialsPegasus: Not a horse!...