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Pussy Power Fights Back
In rallies around the world, millions of people—women and men—stand up to the grabber in chief.
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‘How to Change Your Mind’ reveals the amazing history and tantalizing potential of psychedelic drugs
In his latest work, Pollan looks at psychedelic drugs, and in particular at psilocybin and LSD. What Pollan reveals is a history that most people didn’t just forget, they never knew it in the first place.
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‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists
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‘People Are Getting Desperate’ in Puerto Rico as Federal Response Not Equal to the Crisis
Will the U.S. and other wealthier nations start to step up to help the poorer, more vulnerable communities as the impacts of climate change become increasingly more severe?
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“Art of the Deal” ghostwriter: Weisselberg flip will end Trump — equivalent to Nixon tapes
When Tony Schwartz and Tim O’Brien speak about Donald Trump, you best listen. In the mid-’80s, Schwartz spent 18 months voluntarily embedded in Trump’s web of half-truths, lies, and outright howlers. The result was The Art of the Deal, which Schwartz wrote in its entirety and the semi-literate Trump subsequently took full credit for.
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“Are We Alone in the Universe?” Winston Churchill's Lost Extraterrestrial Essay Says No
The famed British statesman approached the question of alien life with a scientist’s mind
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“Rogue” Science Agencies Defy Trump Administration on Twitter
Anonymous accounts are purportedly linked to NASA, National Parks and other agencies
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#MeToo Has Debunked the ‘Lean In’ Philosophy
Women shouldn’t have to change themselves to succeed at their jobs—not to mention, it doesn’t work.
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| Earth Optimism Summit | Smithsonian Conservation Commons
When only a handful of individuals remain, you might think all is lost. Yet scientists have used their ingenuity to save species even when the situation is beyond dire, as these stories of horses, California condors and other species illustrate.
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$40 billion a day for solar super-storms
The probability of another event like the 1859 Carrington event is – at any given time – low. But many believe it’s “almost inevitable” one will occur, eventually. A new study explores the risks.
