February 27, 20252
February 27, 20253
Lisa See’s novel Lady Tan’s Circle of Women was inspired by a medical textbook published in 1511 by an eminent female doctor, Tan Yunxian. In this episode, we talk to See
CLIMATEWIRE | Lawmakers and officials from Western states are warning that President Donald Trump’s firings and funding freezes will leave the region woefully unprepared for the coming wildfire season, just two
An old but still-common method of encouraging honesty is the venerable “oath”: an explicit promise to be honest. People have used oaths since ancient times, says Janis Zickfeld, a social psychologist
A dark horse has entered the Trump administration’s backward-running race to botch humanity’s response to climate change: the Pentagon. And the agency might just win simply by decreeing climate change unreal
NASA wants to get out of the space station business and put it in the hands of, well, businesses. The agency is planning to send the International Space Station (ISS) to
[CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You’ve probably heard of space telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb. They’re famous for giving us breathtaking images of
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that can be used by countries to shape their responses to rising