The great lake divide: Collapse vs. comeback
As some of the world’s biggest lakes are vanishing in real time, others are proving that recovery is still within reach.
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A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block Trump’s Border Wall
A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding.
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
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Antidepressants Can Change Peaceful Citizens into Killers
Editors note: first published on Mad in America August 15th 2026 One of the best guarded secrets in psychiatry is that antidepressants increase the risk…
‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse
Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to saveIt will be…
A Computer History Time Capsule
Once upon a time, before the Internet, computer hobbyists went to great lengths to learn about their new technology. Many of these learning opportunities were…
How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect…
Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
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Treatment involving patient’s family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds
The approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them.
World’s first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed
Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.