The Enduring Horror of Chernobyl
The new HBO series raises the specter of an uninhabitable continent.
Rachel Riederer
Rachel Riederer is co-editor-in-chief of Guernica: a magazine of global art & politics.
The Future of Meat Is Vegan
A plan to eliminate animal farming relies on science and startups.
Free the Whales
A new book traces the history of orca hunters and how Americans turned against them.
Can Rivers Be People Too?
Inside the radical movement to gain rights for ecosystems—and save the environment
Sailing to the Pacific Ocean’s Trash Vortex
In his new book, "Junk Raft," Marcus Eriksen discovers a sea filled with tiny particles of harmful plastic.
Libertarians Seek a Home on the High Seas
The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.
Who Gets to Be a Science Nerd?
The troubling history of popular science.
Silicon Valley Says Space Mining Is Awesome and Will Change Life on Earth. That’s Only Half Right.
Silicon Valley says asteroid mining will end Earth's conflict over natural resources. It won't.
