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The loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying about

Getty Images/Mint Images RF A world without bugs is a world we don’t want to live in. When European colonists…

3 years ago

Russia is deploying brutal siege tactics in Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier carries a child while assisting people crossing a destroyed bridge near the city of Irpin, northwest of…

3 years ago

How the war in Ukraine could change history

A man sits outside his destroyed building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022.…

3 years ago

Germany’s dramatic reversal on defense, explained

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech on the Russian invasion of Ukraine during a meeting of the Bundestag —…

3 years ago

America can’t solve its gas price problem (or its Russia problem) with drilling

Sen. Rob Portman speaks during a news conference with Senate Republicans about the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the US…

3 years ago

Why it’s more difficult to flee Ukraine if you’re not from Ukraine

A Black refugee, fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, waits on train in Przemysl, Poland, near the border with Ukraine.…

3 years ago

Russia is strengthening its censorship regime by blocking Facebook

Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, 2022.  | Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Why Putin’s crackdown on social media…

3 years ago

Russia’s war in Ukraine, explained

A woman runs as she flees with her family across a destroyed bridge in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on…

3 years ago

There’s no good way to roll back mask mandates

A person wears a US flag face mask at an MLS soccer match in Seattle on February 27. | Ted…

3 years ago

The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements

A James Gillray cartoon from 1802 on vaccination against smallpox using cowpox serum. The illustration features people with cows sprouting…

3 years ago