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‘A Terrible Irony’: How the Media Lost Trust

Americans have record-low trust in the media. They’re reading traditional news less. Platforms, too, have broken up with news organizations, making it harder for them to attract readers to their stories.

23/12/2024

‘We Never Dared to Think About the Cure’

Lupus and other autoimmune diseases have long been considered incurable—but a series of breakthroughs are fueling hope.

04/11/2024

How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun

In the fall of 1993, a ship sailed into the Pacific Ocean carrying nearly 1,000 pounds of iron crystals packed into barrels, then dumped it all into the waves. The next morning, the water was tinged a subtle green from newly sprouted phytoplankton.

20/09/2024

A Better Fix for Food Allergies

Tami McGraw used to be so allergic to red meat that even fumes from cooking might send her into anaphylactic shock. She couldn’t fry sausages for her family. She couldn’t go to cookouts with friends.

09/09/2024

The Myth of the Mobile Millionaire

In 2010, as California was moving forward with plans to raise taxes sharply on million-dollar earners, opponents issued dire warnings that the hike would drive away entrepreneurs and cripple the state economy.

15/04/2024

Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls

How many times has it happened? You’re on your computer, searching for a particular article, a hard-to-find fact, or a story you vaguely remember, and just when you seem to have discovered the exact right thing, a paywall descends. “$1 for Six…

14/04/2024

There Was Never Such a Thing as ‘Open’ AI

At the turn of the century, when the modern web was just emerging and Microsoft was king, a small but growing technology movement posed an existential threat to the company.

04/01/2024

A Simple Solution for Keeping Microplastics Out of the Water Supply

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Sponges. Is there anything they can’t do? For millennia, humans have used dried natural sponges to clean up, to paint, and as vessels for drinking; we’ve even used them as contraceptive…

09/10/2023