A Canadian Company Is Legally Making and Selling Psychedelic Peyote
Lophos Pharma is starting to produce the psychoactive cactus, which is legal in Canada but illegal in the U.S. except for as part of Native American religious ceremonies.
Climate Change
The Amazon Is Getting So Hot That Dolphins Are Dying En Masse
More than 100 Amazon river dolphins have died in the sweltering waters of Brazil’s Lake Tefé, which recently hit 102 degrees.
Climate Change Is Creating Strange ‘Polygon Fields’ In the Arctic, and Scientists are Worried
The presence of geological polygons can mean "faster rates of erosion" in permafrost, and may be a globally important phenomenon.
Neo-Nazis Are Using Climate Disasters to Recruit New Members
Experts have been sounding the alarm that the far-right are exploiting climate change and natural disasters.
Policy
Climate Change Is Violent. Should the Fight Against It Be Too?
Peaceful protest isn't curbing the rapidly worsening crisis. Some activists say it’s time to attack the actual tools used to destroy the planet.
How to Figure Out Which Candidates Actually Care About the Environment
Here's a set of tools to help you understand the issues and vote in support of climate reform.
Coronavirus Could Be a 'Trigger Event' That Reshapes Society for the Better
The Sanders campaign could use this opportunity to transform into a pandemic-fighting, world-changing social movement.
Earth
Earth's Core Appears to Be Leaking In the Arctic and Scientists Don't Know Why
“We know very little about Earth's core, other than that it exists."
Scientists Found Microplastics Deep Inside a Cave Closed to the Public for Decades
A Missouri cave that virtually nobody has visited since 1993 is contaminated by high levels of plastic pollution, scientists found.
A Major Climate System Will Collapse Decades Ahead of Schedule and Unleash Devastation, Scientists Predict
The collapse would result in natural disasters and turn Western Europe into Alaska, scientists warn in new research.
Cities
A New Uber Clone With Armed Drivers Is the App for a Violent and Paranoid America
“What I’m creating is a necessary evil,” the app’s founder claims while operating in a city with falling crime rates.
The Urban Exodus Narratives Are Wrong
The Census Bureau has published two population estimates that say cities are losing people fast. But factoring in the margins of error on their data changes the story entirely.
Thank You For Your Feedback
The community feedback process is an inconvenient annoyance that brings out the worst in people. It is also at the heart of why U.S. cities can't build new housing or transportation.