Global Electricity Production Is Roaring Back—and So Are CO2 Emissions
Carbon emissions from power plants around the world declined in recent years, but they’re poised to make a dramatic comeback over the next 18 months, according to a…
An FDA Panel Decides It’s Time For New COVID-19 Boosters
On June 28, a panel of experts convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 19 to 2 to change the vaccines that have been used…
I Was Nervous About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine While Pregnant. Here’s What Convinced Me to Do It
In March, when President Biden announced that COVID-19 vaccines would soon be available to all Americans, my husband and I decided to press pause on the whole maybe-getting-pregnant-soon…
Here’s What Will Actually Convince People to Get Vaccinated
One of evolution’s cleverest tricks was giving us a sense of shame. It’s a miserable feeling—low, humbling, publicly discomfiting—but it’s supposed to be: if you do something lousy…
Taking Psychedelics Could Make People Less Afraid of Dying
Out-of-body and other mystical experiences can be life-changing, and research suggests they can even make people less afraid of dying. But such experiences are rare, and tend to…
A Record-Setting Year of Heat-Related Deaths in Europe_1
As the Earth continues to warm, the rising temperatures are contributing to a number of health conditions that are in turn driving up mortality. And for the first…
Murdaugh and the U.S. Fascination With Murder
If you haven’t heard the name Alex Murdaugh over the course of the past few months, you may just not have been paying attention. The disgraced South Carolina…