The Atlantic2 days agoScotland’s Billionaires Are Turning Climate Change Into a Trophy Gameverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Cathleen O'GradyA net-zero land rush is sweeping the country, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in. The wind turbine judders to life with a boom that echoes down its central shaft. It rotates slowly at first, then gathers speed as its blades pick up the direction of the wind. Andy …
The Atlantic3 days agoWhat the UFO Discussion Really Needsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Marina KorenSome context. This week, a House of Representatives subcommittee on intelligence and counterterrorism gathered to discuss unidentified aerial phenomena. This was, on one level, a very unusual event—the rare congressional hearing about UFOs, the first in more than 50 years. And yet it proceeded as …
The Atlantic3 days agoAmerica Did Too Good a Job at Saving Canada Geeseverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Marion RenaultAmericans almost drove Canada geese to extinction; now they are so numerous, they’re a nuisance. What do we do next? Throughout the town of Rochester, Minnesota, where I grew up, 18 themed goose statues (each an imposing 5 feet tall and 525 pounds heavy) stand sentinel. Airport Goose wears aviator …
The Atlantic5 days agoFrogs Keep Mating With the Wrong Thingsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Katherine J. WuCould humans be to blame? Two years ago, Juan Díaz Ricaurte was hiking through the mountains of Brazil when a male yellow cururu toad affixed itself to his boot. Díaz Ricaurte gently detached the frog and set it back on the ground, several feet away; undeterred, it bounded back over and wrapped its …
The AtlanticBehold, the Bottomless Pit Holding Everything Togetherverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Marina KorenAstronomers have captured the Milky Way’s supermassive, mysterious abyss, 27,000 light-years from Earth. We live in the inner rim of one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms, a shimmery curve against inky darkness. Travel for thousands of light-years in one direction, past countless stars, countless …
The AtlanticThe Clearest Account Yet of How Trump’s Team Botched the Pandemicverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Richard J. TofelDeborah Birx’s Silent Invasion offers more detail and nuance than any other pandemic book. The U.S. response to the pandemic has already spawned a range of speedily published books. A few notable examples have come from masters of journalistic narrative, including Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright; …
