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Why aliens were in the news so much in 2022
Matthew Rozsa
For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life was a fringe pursuit; now, experts are taking it seriously
Texas power grid holds amid record winter demand, but test isn’t over
Emily Foxhall
As freezing temperatures enveloped Texas, demand for electricity Friday morning shattered peak expectations
In 2022, the Ukraine war forced the world to see refugees again. How long will that last?
Samaa Khullar
With millions of Ukrainian refugees spread around the world, we saw the problem again. But it never went away
Atheists aren’t fighting a “war on Christmas” — many of us even celebrate it
David G. McAfee
Christians don't own the idea of a winter celebration
Climate change may have encouraged the Huns to invade Europe
Troy Farah
Droughts that plagued Europe 1500 years ago may have incentivized raiders that crushed the Roman Empire
Best of 2022 | Queer wedding planning at the end of the world
Taj Zaidi
I notice how our rings press against each other. We watch as the zebras stroll to a hilltop above the waves
Climbing trees helped our ancestors evolve to walk on two legs rather than four, study suggests
Troy Farah
New research on chimpanzees in Africa suggests that bipedal behaviors evolved differently than previously believed
“There’s just not enough”: A water war is brewing over the dwindling Colorado River
Abrahm Lustgarten
Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it
Climate activists’ new, confrontational tactics aren’t popular. That’s kind of the point.
Kate Yoder
You're not supposed to like it when protesters throw soup on a van Gogh
Study: Biology textbooks aren’t keeping up with climate science
Joseph Winters
Climate change is a major threat to life on Earth — but not a major focus of biology textbooks
5 ways climate change made life more expensive in 2022
Grist Staff
From grocery bills to insurance premiums, warming temperatures hit Americans' wallets hard this year
Are we too primitive for aliens to bother with us? Some scientists think so
Troy Farah
We think we're an advanced species — but perhaps we're babies compared to our alien peers, a new paper argues
The school that calls the police on students every other day
Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen
An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline
The far-right is crazy — like a fox: The code behind the far-right’s success
John Feffer
Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
Jake Bittle
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation
The Medea Hypothesis: Why some experts say life on Earth sows the seeds of its own destruction
Troy Farah
What if life isn't calculating, but more akin to a "puppy running amok," accidentally destroying its own habitat?
You have so many viruses in your body right now, we couldn’t fit the number in this headline
Matthew Rozsa
And though it sounds alarming, that is not necessarily a bad thing. Say hello to your virome
About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets
Brian E. Roe
Reducing food waste at home is an action that anyone can take to help slow climate change
Can floating cities save us from rising sea levels?
Natalie Jonas
A brief history of floating city experiments, and what makes the United Nations-backed ‘Oceanix’ different
Fascist politics, the return of antisemitism and the “disconnected present”
Henry A. Giroux
Neoliberal capitalism has created a culture of isolation and empty spectacle — and driven the comeback of fascism
The first climate change candidate: Inside Al Gore’s oddly prescient 1988 presidential run
Matthew Rozsa
Al Gore focused his 1988 presidential campaign on climate change — and the world shrugged him off
From “White Christmas” to GoFundMe: The plucky American fantasy of only needing to put on a show
Alison Stine
Has a show ever really saved anything?
Salton Sea public health disaster gets a $250 million ‘shot in the arm’
Zoya Teirstein
The Interior Department announced new funding to restore a shrinking lake — if California saves more water
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