Mysterious Microbes in Earth's Crust Might Help With the Climate Crisis

Public Health

Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries

A new international study finds that the growth and development benefits of children living in cities may have diminished in the past two decades

Lauren J. Young

Climate Change

FEMA Will Give Extra Money to States for Low-Carbon Rebuilding after Disasters

As part of its effort to prod the construction industry to go green, the Biden administration is providing new funding for rebuilding with low-carbon materials after disasters...

Thomas Frank and E&E News

Planetary Science

Asteroid Didymos May Spin So Fast It Flings Rocks into Space

The asteroid Didymos witnessed its companion get slammed by NASA’s DART spacecraft, and Didymos itself may have interesting activity

Meghan Bartels

Planetary Science

JWST Sees No Atmosphere on ‘Earthlike’ TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanet

TRAPPIST-1b is probably an airless rock, but the same may not be true for its six Earth-sized siblings

Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Sociology

How the Gun Became Integral to the Self-Identity of Millions of Americans

The firearm as a totemlike symbol of personal identity emerged from the psychological insecurities of former enslavers after the Civil War

Sara Novak