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What We’re Reading

Ebola screening in Guinea in 2014.

Ebola makes a very convincing case for global cooperation

By Elisabeth Eaves | Biosecurity, What We’re Reading

Smokey the Bear Fire Danger Warning Sign

California wildfires are mostly preventable

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

satellites over Earth

Poll: The public and Washington don’t share the same space priorities

By Dan Drollette Jr | What We’re Reading

A hot, dark, hungry future?

By | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Mendocino Complex Fire on August 4, 2018.

Trump fiddles while California burns

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The next drone assassination

By Elisabeth Eaves | What We’re Reading

“Losing Earth” lost sight of some climate change villains, but not the scope of the problem

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Electric cars for everyone—someday

By Lucien Crowder | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

NASA photo of smoke from fires in United States.

Hot but not bothered: Major media are ignoring the climate crisis

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The coastal retreat has begun

By Lucien Crowder | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Ancient alien fictions.

AlienCon is not hilarious

By Elisabeth Eaves | Science Denial, What We’re Reading

TRUMP TWEETS CAPITALIZED IRAN THREAT. ODD.

By John Mecklin | Arts Science Initiative, What We’re Reading