Making abortion mostly illegal will kick off an unintentional, vast experiment in public health—one where the…
Author: Adam Rogers
‘Heartbeat’ Bills Get the Science of Fetal Heartbeats All Wrong
Anti-abortion laws lean on the heartbeat as a defining moment of aliveness. But at six weeks,…
The Chernobyl Disaster May Have Also Built a Paradise
An HBO show tells the story of the nuclear explosion, but some scientists think the radioactive,…
Star Wars Fans Know Nostalgia Well. It’s Time to Build a Future
The franchise feels stuck in the past. Let's observe this May Fourth by considering the future.…
How to Build, and Keep Building, a Cathedral Like Notre-Dame
Architects' pitches for how to restore Notre-Dame are spurring a debate over when to hew to…
Companies Can Predict Climate Catastrophes for You—as a Service
One startup in the growing climate services industry lets you pull up a map and design…
Fighting Measles, LA Pulls a Classic Move: Quarantine
With worries over outbreaks growing nationwide, health officials responded to reports of infected individuals by imposing…
The Machine That Reads Your Mind (Kinda) and Talks (Sorta)
A new brain-computer interface takes the snap, crackle, pop from inside your motor cortex and translates…
LA’s Plan to Reboot Its Bus System—Using Cell Phone Data
Ridership on the city's bus system is plummeting, so the transit agency is redesigning it—with the…
New York’s Aggressive Climate Law Takes Aim at Skyscrapers
The city's new rules compel the owners of big buildings to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions…