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2026
Why do dead leaves stay on trees during winter?
2025
Painting with fire: How Indigenous practices can help protect forests
Hear now the haunting tale of the Ghost of Mrs. Kyle
See how a small fire in L.A. turned into a monster, hour by hour
What the homes that survived the L.A. fires reveal
Essay: I’m a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.
L.A. fires burned their block. For each, the disaster was just beginning.
Syria’s killing machine(graphic images)
Plastic Peril: The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about
Plastic Peril: ‘Everywhere chemicals’ are in our food, decades after scientists recognized dangers
Plastic Peril: These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
These old Roman buildings could unlock how to build in a warming world
The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated
We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for.
We found what you’re asking ChatGPT about health. A doctor scored its answers.
Scientists have unraveled the science that brings aurora to our skies. See how it happens.
The 50 best airports in America, ranked
2024
What to do about one of America's last wild places
Make your own DMV-edition Valentine’s Day card to share your love
Drowning South: The new face of flooding
Drowning South: Where seas are rising at alarming speed
Drowning South: A hidden threat
Drowning South: Anatomy of a flood
Drowning South: A rising fortress in sinking land
Drowning South: Where the sea wall ends
Drowning South: Why seas are surging
How did we end up with a Biden-Trump rematch?
Climate Leap: How water could be the future of fuel
Climate Leap: Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
Climate Leap: How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers
Climate Leap: Reinventing the world’s favorite building material
Climate Leap: These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas
Climate Leap: Why the world needs lazier robots
The plastics we breathe (honorary modeling mention)
2023
Make your own (political) Valentine’s Day card
What would a four-day workweek look like for you? Use our calculator.
The high-tech, super-secure government warehouse where old cash dies
Unearthing the Future: Hidden beneath the surface
Unearthing the Future: Buried under the ice
Why does my latte cost so much?
How to make your home more energy efficient — and get a tax break too
Unearthing the Future: Ancient warning of a rising sea
Unearthing the Future: Written in the wood
Hong Kong prisons work to compel loyalty to China among young activists
How the Supreme Court decided major 2023 cases
2022
The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
How much gas money it takes to drive across America
Rise of TikTok: How TikTok ate the internet
Rise of TikTok: Sorry you went viral
Rise of TikTok: As Washington wavers on TikTok, Beijing exerts control
How the Fed’s rate hikes slow the economy — and impact you
Econ 101: Inflation explained: How prices took off
Econ 101: Pump shock: Why gas prices are so high
Econ 101: What causes a recession?
Econ 101: Rising rent: Why prices are only going higher
Econ 101: Food-flation: Turkey dinner will gobble up your budget
Where do you stand financially? Get a score on this quiz — and our advice.
2021
Life amid the ruins of QAnon: ‘I wanted my family back’
Terror in a Boulder supermarket: How the King Soopers shooting unfolded
After more than a year of separation and isolation, Americans are reuniting.
‘You can’t get rid of the smell because they die in the walls’
California’s disappearing salmon
Both his children were dying. Yemen’s crisis forced him to choose only one to save.