The Life-and-Death Missions of a Blood Deliveryman
With supply scarce in Lagos, Nigeria, hospitals rely on men with motorcycles to make their deliveries—but the margins for error are razor-thin.
What Will the Artemis II Moon Mission Teach Us?
Four astronauts are travelling deeper into space than anyone in history. NASA will never be the same.
How to Poison an Ocean
Trump envisions a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends.
Why You Hate Your Weather App
As the weather becomes less predictable, we need forecasts that are better at telling us what we don’t know.
The Forest Service “Reorganizes” Under Trump
The agency has been a force across rural America. The changes will make lots of room for lumber lobbyists, less for forest science.
Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?
Health and wellness influencers are hawking unapproved treatments on the gray market. The future of the F.D.A.—and the health of consumers—is at stake.
Zohran Mamdani, Perpetual Student of the City
The Mayor, along with some teen-agers from Bronx Science, takes stock of his first hundred days.
Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?
As the planet gets warmer and the rains fall harder, the future of flood control is looking less like a wall and something more like a park.
The Scandal of the Sharenting Economy
As kidfluencers come of age, some may find the law an imperfect means of restitution for what was lost and broken in their childhoods.
How the Guillotine Got Axed
In the U.S., capital punishment is resurgent. What lessons can we glean from France’s successful campaign to abolish it?
The Camps Promising to Turn You—or Your Son—Into an Alpha Male
At the Men of War Crucible, you bear-crawl through rivers. At Warrior Week, you dig your own grave. At the Squire Program, your teen-ager can take part, too.
The Iran War Is Another Reason to Quit Oil
What if the drone is to warfare as the solar panel is to energy?