Opinion

As tensions soar in the Middle East, the president’s lame duck status hinders efforts to manage the escalation of risks in the region

Implementing smart technologies such as demand-controlled ventilation could reduce the carbon footprint of office buildings, which contribute more than one third of fossil fuel emissions globally

Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that falsely claims that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills are all genetically inherited

Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals

Abortions after 20 weeks are about ending suffering. To deny someone that care is barbaric

Years after a nuclear disaster wiped out Fukushima’s agriculture, peach growers are banking on Harrods to sell the area’s recovery story

California’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclable

A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters

We are in a new and different kind of moon race, one the U.S. is losing. To win, says a former NASA official, we need new strategies

“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and mainstream media accountable

How experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “rare”

An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to Congressional hearings and breathless news stories today. But the real story looks more like former defense officials pushing their personal mythology, rather than any cover-up of aliens