Does Corruption Happen Slowly, or All at Once?
People may find a "golden opportunity" too good to pass up.
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Nick Adams / Reuters The Gentle Anarchy of the Park Ranger
“Rogue” National Park Service Twitter accounts play on park rangers' distinct place in American culture.
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NASA / Reuters How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?
Astronomers have added a new data point in their attempts to answer the cosmic question.
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Rich Pedroncelli / AP The Health Battle Behind America's Next Milk Trend
An ancient variety of milk might do wonders for digestion—or it could be a money grab.
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Greg Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science How a Scientist Mapped the Entire Peruvian Amazon by Plane
Next stop: space.
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Ted Warren / AP 6-Year-Old Girls Already Have Gendered Beliefs About Intelligence
They’re more likely to avoid games meant for “really, really smart” children.
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AP The Doomsday Clock’s Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War
“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room.”
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Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters Why Fractals Are So Soothing
Jackson Pollock’s paintings mirror nature’s patterns, like branching trees, snowflakes, waves—and the structure of the human eye.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters / Stelios Varias How to Overcome Political Irrationality About Facts
Some Trump supporters are willing to lie about his inauguration attendance to preserve their ideological identities. A new study explains how curiosity can help resist reflexive partisanship.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Looking Back at Canada's Political Fight Over Science
The country’s last prime minister prevented some scientists from talking to the media, while making cuts to research budgets.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters Donald Trump and the Order of the Pipelines
Legal experts aren't sure the president can succeed in his attempt to revive Dakota Access and Keystone XL.
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Reuters The DNA Test as Horoscope
Inside the growing world of lifestyle genetics tests
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Darren Hauck / Getty Professor Smith Goes to Washington
In response to the new president’s stances on a range of issues, more scientists are preparing to run for political office.
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Andrew Forbes The Parasite That Compels Other Parasites to Shove Their Heads Into Holes
… and then eats them
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump’s Dakota Access Pipeline Memo: What We Know Right Now
The White House didn’t release the text of the executive order at first.
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic A Day With the Women Scientists Protesting Trump
“What do we want? Data! When do we want it? Forever!”
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Courtesy of Jim Van Belzen Under the Sea in a Ragworm's Garden
A leggy marine creature may be a one-of-a-kind underwater planter.
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Reuters China’s Growing Ambitions in Space
While Trump works to lay out a new policy for NASA, China is set to conduct a record number of launches this year.
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NASA Would You Give Up Perfect Vision for a Trip to Space?
A new study put cancer patients on parabolic flight to see how microgravity worsens astronauts’ eyesight.
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Pascal Rossignol / Reuters The FDA Wants to Regulate Gene-Editing That Makes Cows Less Horny
What happens when new technology meets old laws
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters As the Planet Warms, Trump's EPA Pick Hedges
Scott Pruitt’s confirmation hearing to lead the EPA was dissonant with the week’s biggest scientific news.
