The wrongful conviction of Italian seismologists is one more result of a failure to understand the fundamentals of science
EcocentricGoing Green
Why Climate Change Has Become the Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign
We’re in the final few months of what’s shaping up to be the hottest year on record. In September, Arctic sea ice melted to its smallest extent in satellite records, while the Midwest was rocked by a once-in-a-generation level …
EcocentricFood
Vital Farms: Raising the Ultra-Organic Egg
Vital Farms sells the most humane eggs in the business, with hens raised on pasture—not inside cages. But can conventional farms afford to make the switch?
Don’t Sneeze in Space: When Astronauts Get Sick
A small problem on Earth can be a very big one in space. How science is trying to cut the risk
Shiny Fleck on Martian Surface! Why it Matters
The Mars rover digs in to work as a millimeter-size grain catches eyes
Cosmic Crack-Up: How We Got the Moon
New theories about the long-ago collision that forever transformed our nighttime sky
An Earthlike World in the Cosmic Neighborhood
Just down the block from our planet — circling one of the stars in Alpha Centauri — is a world very similar to the one we know best
The World’s Most Powerful Climate Change Supercomputer Powers Up
Introducing Changes to Our Commenting System
Things are changing at TIME.com. Along with our brand-new look and feel (more on that here), we’re happy to announce we’re switching to LiveFyre for our new commenting system.
Baumgartner’s Jump: Triumph or Freak Show?
A high-speed jump from 24 miles was a magnificent thing to watch — but it sure wasn’t science