As long as data remains public, scientists will be able to keep exploring the ways our planet is changing
Trump once described himself as "very pro-choice." Now he's in the anti-abortion camp.
Three years after a massive oil spill occurred in North Dakota near Standing Rock, it's still a dangerous mess.
Aleppo and the empathy gap
Social media was supposed to make our world connected. But tragic Aleppo tweets weren't enough to change policy
LGBT "fears are overblown"
Salon talked to gay Republican activists about why Donald Trump is an LGBT ally and Mike Pence is not a threat
There are two North Poles.
Kate McKinnon learns there are two North Poles; worse, she lost her pants, and didn't get to see the nice one.
trump, just like ike
Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 without any experience in elective office. Here’s how he built his cabinet
All I know is I won!
Shirtless Vladimir Putin gives Donald Trump Elf on the Shelf, and John Goodman's dead on as Rex Tillerson.
Trump's dubious intelligence
Our president-elect loves to talk about his intellectual gifts and academic success. Shockingly, none of it's true
trump's worst cabinet
From Rex Tillerson to Rick Perry to Gary Cohn, Trump loves assigning foxes to guard hen houses
Latinos will remake politics
GOP strategists have long yearned to sway Latino voters — but in the age of Trump that's less likely than ever
It’s been a crazy year in the Arctic, even for a region that has seen profound changes over the past few decades
A space plasma physicist figured out what you might need to actually build the space craft. Hint: nuclear fusion
Here are your coffee break Cliff Notes - from Aleppo to Zsa Zsa Gabor, dead at 99.
How do you keep people’s worst impulses from shaping who gets to participate?
Paper sons of paper sons
The story of my extended Chinese-American family — shared by so many others — is one of sacrifice, danger and loss
A nation of geniuses
Thanks to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter we're all stars living documented lives — and it has to stop
Bullets and Baking
Geena Davis's 1996 action flick doesn't get the respect it deserves. Then again, neither does holiday domesticity
Best films of 2016
An exacting selection of 12 sometimes terrifying, often exultant, genre-spanning, theme-inclusive, excellent films
Drone incident will fray the already tense relations between U.S. and China: Chinese admiral Yang Yi seizes drone.
Trevor Noah kicks ass
The "Daily Show" host gave us little reason to think he could inherit Jon Stewart's throne. Until now
Straight men who like other men platonically are "bromosexual" — having a gay bro' to exchange advice with is cool
Are we ready for this jelly?
Biosolar researchers are working to put ultra-efficient photosynthesis to work to make clean renewable power
We're sad when Santa is bad
'Tis the season for fake Santa news—when jolly old Saint Nick turns out to be a fraud, our collective hearts break