AUGUST 20. 2026

How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards

Are wasps losing their rhythm?

Fluctuations to Spring patterns due to climate breakdown is playing havoc with Britain's wasps.

Meet the companies running our borders

If you travelled through Europe this summer, you probably noticed pretty long queues: whether in airports in Greece, Italy, Belgium, Germany, or the…

Ode to cloudberry

When my family brought cloudberries home from the bog, the ripe ones always went straight onto pancakes or into jars; the green ones we spread across a blanket…

When Britain was cool

31 years ago today, the Battle of Britpop reached its climax.

Love thy cloudberry

When my family brought cloudberries home from the bog, the ripe ones always went straight onto pancakes or into jars; the green ones we spread across a blanket…

AUGUST 19. 2026

Trump administration advances plan to open national forests to development

The proposal would repeal the Roadless Rule, opening up nearly 45 million acres of national land to roadbuilding and logging.

UAE Joins Global Efforts to Isolate Iran

Abu Dhabi is hoping that a trade embargo will force Tehran to surrender.

The Taliban’s Next Five Years

The brutish group has been surprisingly stable since snatching power in 2021. Rockier times may lie ahead.

Gray-Zone Warfare Picks Easy Targets in Germany

Political appeasement won’t buy off hostile powers.

How Africa Is Battling Climate Extremes

The effects of the coming “super” El Niño will reach beyond the continent.

Realism Is Unrealistic

How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does?

As the Israeli Election Nears, Trump Has Leverage Over Netanyahu

A White House endorsement could improve the Israeli leader’s chances of winning.

Ghosts of Amrum

The story of Amrum—a German movie about the last days and immediate aftermath of World War II as experienced by a twelve-year-old boy on the isolated

Ukraine’s War Widows Are Fighting for Money

Their husbands died defending the country—and now their families are struggling for compensation.

Can Venezuela’s Opposition Find A Path to Power?

As Delcy Rodríguez clings to power, dissidents wonder who to trust.

Ground Zero Plus 25

A discussion at the Great Hall

Building a Quantum Computer, One Fragile Qubit at a Time

No one yet knows which technology will power the quantum computers of the future, but the race to create them has already produced some of science’s most intricate machinery.

U. S. Funding Cuts Fuel Child Recruitment Into Haitian Armed Groups

“Without USAID support, all you have left is the rule of the ganglord. ”

A Rare Window Has Opened for North Korean Diplomacy

If Trump wants to negotiate, he must stop making denuclearization the price of admission.