Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s ...

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

Fire becomes a year-round danger when Southern California is this dry.

The fires around Los Angeles are getting under control. But, inevitably, another fire will start.

Large issues like the climate crisis can seem daunting to take on, but there are ways each of us can take part in transformative change.

I’d guess not. But here’s a conversation that might make you think twice. Zoë Schlanger, a science writer for the Atlantic, has written an eye-opening book on the topic. It’s called The ...

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoe Schlanger is a study of the controversial world of plant intelligence. Many of us ...

Not any more. In “The Light Eaters,” Zoë Schlanger, a science journalist, sheds light on how these previously underestimated creatures have been enjoying their newfound place in the ...

Botany is a field in turmoil, says Atlantic writer and climate science journalist Zoe Schlanger (who has a degree in environmental studies, journalism and politics from New York University).