What Dr. Fauci’s doing for Thanksgiving
When it comes to infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci has seen more than any of us. The 79-year-old immunologist took the reins at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
Two COVID-19 vaccines are working. So what comes next?
Is the COVID-19 vaccine waiting game almost over? On Wednesday, pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had completed a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, and that data…
Monstrous Hurricane Iota leaves scenes of disaster
2020 is playing some cruel cards. Near the end of a record-breaking storm season, two powerful hurricanes, both named with Greek letters, slammed into nearly the same spot in Nicaragua.…
Sleep and CBN: What we really know about the buzzy cannabis compound
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The climate hasn’t hit a ‘point of no return’
We aren’t yet doomed. Climate research published on Nov. 12 in the journal Scientific Reports claims Earth “is already past a point-of-no-return for global warming,” which provoked the ire of…
What is climate migration?
Moving forward requires focus. Mashable’s Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. Imagine…
Baby Yoda tags along on SpaceX’s first operational crewed mission for NASA
As four astronauts began their journey from Earth to the International Space Station on Sunday, an additional crew member made a surprise appearance: Baby Yoda. A plush Baby Yoda toy…
The foods that do the most damage to our climate
The foods we eat and the ways we produce them damage our planet’s climate. Emissions from food systems around the world are stopping us from hitting key climate change targets…
Why hurricanes are retaining power after they strike land
When hurricanes strike land, they’re supposed to quickly lose steam. But as the oceans relentlessly warm and feed these storms more fuel, hurricanes are retaining intensity as they travel inland. …
The guardians of Wikipedia’s climate change page
Vigilant Keepers Sometimes people vandalize the Wikipedia climate page. (“Vandalism” is Wikipedia parlance for maliciously disrupting a page.) One day, Tetta found that another editor, who usually edited sports pages,…