facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

Science If humans gave up on geoengineering after 50 years, it could be far worse than if we had done nothing at all Cory Doctorow

Dizzy The earth's core may have reversed direction. Elías Villoro

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

Science Researchers discover how plants detect carbon dioxide and control their pores Andrew Yi

books Book Gift Ideas: Black Feminist memoirs on justice, Africanfuturism, theoretical physics, and abolition. Elías Villoro

Science People who shaped science in 2022 and ones to watch in 2023 David Pescovitz

Science Star 15 light years away has two Earth-like planets Rob Beschizza

books Cory Doctorow interviewed about cyberpunk and surveillance capitalism in The New Yorker David Pescovitz

makers My favorite maker tips for 2022 Gareth Branwyn

History Horses were in North America before Europeans. Don't tell Tucker Carlson. Elías Villoro

animal rights HelloFresh still using illegal primate labor, says PETA: "Monkeys are chained around the neck and forced to toil" Elías Villoro

documentaries "The Starry Night Toad," a new documentary by First Nations Frontline Elías Villoro

climate change Water futures are "going to be ugly" Elías Villoro

twitter Elon Musk confirms Twitter has tortious interference claims against activist groups calling for advertiser boycotts Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Oil company blames Captain Planet for climate change in recent court filing Thom Dunn

climate change Giant hailstones are breaking new records Thom Dunn

fungus  New plant-based leather made from mushrooms Jennifer Sandlin

climate change Congress genius Bob Good knows more than 99% of scientists: "There is no climate crisis!" Carla Sinclair

conservation James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis, RIP David Pescovitz