France’s Deadly Seaweed

Fueled by agricultural runoff, rotting seaweed on Brittany’s beaches is becoming an environmental and public health emergency.

Feb 11, 2020 | 2,400 words, about 12 minutes

A High-Pressure Job

What construction workers, scuba divers, and a risqué dance have in common.

Dec 17, 2019 | 4 min 20 sec

From Berth to Death

Flu kills. It kills even more when new technology changes everything.

Nov 19, 2019 | 4,200 words, about 21 minutes

What Bones, Genes, and Space-Singed Rocks Tell Us About the Peopling of the Americas

Two new studies add to the emerging narrative of how the first people arrived in and settled the Americas.

May 31, 2018 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes

Florida’s White Ibises May Be Spreading Disease

The increasingly urban birds are carrying salmonella.

Dec 14, 2016 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

A Sunken Bridge the Size of a Continent

A remote Arctic land may hold a vital missing chapter from human history. The only problem? It disappeared at the end of the last ice age.

Sep 20, 2016 | 3,000 words, about 15 minutes

Not All Seaweeds Are Superfoods

Only some seaweeds pack iron your body can actually use. 

Aug 12, 2015 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

Five Islands We Are Really Sick Of

An island stay sounds dreamy, but the reality of these five quarantine islands was often a nightmare.

May 29, 2015 | 700 words, about 3 minutes