Science
Why the Narrative Is Wrong
CO₂ as the primary driver producing broadly uniform warming fails a straightforward test against the longest temperature series available. Something else is clearly at work.
What Do Babies Know, Anyway?
The brain is filing memories away from the start: it just forgets where they are.
The Left Really Are on Another Planet
The left will save the planet before the people nearest them.
Panspermia Gets Flogged like a Dolphin
The cometary impact hypothesis has a glaring problem: the cometary impacts.
The Earth Abides Without End
The world has been about to end since forever – yet, here it still is.
Japan Sets Its Sights on Phobos
Probe launched to return samples from Mars’ largest moon.
Evolution Is Far from Done with Us
We might think we’re masters of our own destiny, but natural selection never goes away.
How Natural Selection Made You... You
Recent landmarks in human evolution are there to see in many of us.
Why You Shouldn’t Wait for the Sun to Make the First Move
A single CME would ruin not just your day, but life as we know it.
The Ice That Wouldn’t Melt
Predictions of an ice-free Arctic have defied expectations.
What a High-Trust Society Looks Like up Close
Seoul is a reflection of what a high-trust society with shared values looks like… and of what a country can become when it does rational, sensible things to focus on a better future.