Troy Farah (page 9)

Email: tfarah@salon.com

Twitter: @filth_filler

Troy Farah is a science and public health journalist whose reporting has appeared in Scientific American, STAT News, Undark, Ars Technica, VICE, Discover Magazine, and others. He co-hosts the drug policy and science podcast Narcotica. His website is troyfarah.com and can be found on Blue Sky at @voidvaporvortex.bsky.social [photo: John Haas]

A boat approaching a small island in the Aegean Sea

Our human ancestors learned to sail half a million years ago, study suggests Troy Farah

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Huns

Climate change may have encouraged the Huns to invade Europe Troy Farah

Chimpanzees

Climbing trees helped our ancestors evolve to walk on two legs rather than four, study suggests Troy Farah

Earth with a dunce cap, and a UFO passing by

Are we too primitive for aliens to bother with us? Some scientists think so Troy Farah

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Dolphins are beaching themselves. The culprit could be Alzheimer's disease Troy Farah

Planet earth frozen in a block of ice

The Medea Hypothesis: Why some experts say life on Earth sows the seeds of its own destruction Troy Farah

gas leaking at Nord Stream 2

What really happens when an oil pipeline leaks? Troy Farah

A forest is incinerated by the Oak Fire near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, California

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters Troy Farah

Santa Claus and fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)

The strange, psychedelic history of Christmas Troy Farah

Salon's Favorite Books of 2022

Salon's favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction Troy Farah

Cats

How the evolution of domestic cats traces the history of colonization Troy Farah

Magic mushrooms and psilocybin molecule

Psychedelic startups are betting on synthetic versions of "magic" mushrooms as the future Troy Farah

Desert Tortoise

California desert tortoises are hurtling toward extinction. Saving them won't be easy Troy Farah

Porovan; Microbial Lion

Microbial "lions" that nibble prey to death form an entirely new branch on the tree of life Troy Farah

Sonoran Desert Toad

For a certain class of toad venom–smoking purists, synthetic toad venom just won't cut it Troy Farah

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