Will Global Emissions Plateau in 2023? Four Trends to Watch
The world’s emissions have seesawed in recent years, plunging in 2020 amid pandemic-induced lockdowns only to rebound in 2021 and likely edge even higher in 2022. Experts say 2023 could be the start of an emissions plateau, as the world’s largest emitters experience slow growth and invest more in renewable technology. But uncertainty reigns—especially on
Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football
Football players Damar Hamlin, Tremaine Edmunds and Von Miller of the Buffalo Bills tackle Aaron Jones of the Green Bay Packers during the second quarter of a game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., on October 30, 2022. Credit: Joshua Bessex/Getty ImagesMillions of people watched as Damar Hamlin, a 24-year-old player in the National
A New Map Tracks the World’s Largest Glaciers
A visualization compares the forms of Earth’s largest flows of ice Credit: Amanda MontañezScientists recently created the first systematic ranking of Earth’s largest glaciers. They started by comparing inconsistent databases to select the forms that best fit the definition of a glacier—a long-lasting, flowing mass of ice. Determining the borders of individual glaciers, however, is
Aging Is Linked to More Activity in Short Genes Than in Long Genes
A detailed examination of gene activity in various organisms, including humans, reveals a new hallmark of the aging process Credit: Design Cells/Getty ImagesOur DNA is made up of genes that vary drastically in size. In humans, genes can be as short as a few hundred molecules known as bases or as long as two million
The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income
Credit: Anthony Bradshaw/Getty ImagesWhen the child tax credit, first established in 1997, was expanded for a year in 2021, it was a major political and social win for the country. At a time when the pandemic had worsened many families’ financial distress, the Biden administration’s decision not only added to the amount of the tax
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