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Defensible Space

“Megafires” are now a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest, but how we talk about them illustrates the tension at the heart of the western myth itself.

Jessie Kindig

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Who Owns the Wind?

There is more than enough wind energy to power our future. But our model of paying for it is stuck in the past.

David McDermott Hughes

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Talking about Death

What constitutes a good death? On end-of-life care and assisted suicide.

F. M. Kamm

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Know Thy Futurist

Many visions of the future proliferate in Silicon Valley. Which one is worth fighting for?

Cathy O'Neil

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The Global Calculus of Climate Disaster

Global capitalism is no longer simply characterized by uneven development, it is characterized by uneven disaster.

Ashley Dawson

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The Man Who Invented Information Theory

Of the pioneers who drove the information technology revolution, Claude Shannon may have been the most brilliant. A new book resurrects his legacy.

Tom Rutledge

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Silicon Valley to Liberal Arts Majors: We Want You

Tech billionaires love to declare the death of liberal arts, but could they instead be the future of Silicon Valley?

Tom Slee

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The Death and Life of America's Waters

From the Great Lakes to the Flint River, we have devastated our waters through negligence, lethargy, and good intentions.

Meghan O’Gieblyn

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How Good Health Became a Numbers Game

It is no longer necessary to feel ill in order to be ill.

Christopher J. Phillips

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The Seed Vault Flooding Is Only the Start of Our Problems

Biodiversity should be maintained by using it, not by storing it under ice.

Jack Heinemann

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Making Chinese Officials Accountable, Blog by Blog

Despite the risks, Chinese social media users are beating online censorship.

Greg Distelhorst, Diana Fu, Yue Hou

Global Justice, Politics

Blood in Honduras, Silence in the United States

The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Lauren Carasik

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The End of the Beginning

The resolution of a tantalizing hint of new physics discovered last year.

Matthew Buckley

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