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​Who killed the Florida orange?​

A visit to Florida, where citrus greening disease is destroying the state's iconic crop and the Florida orange is fast becoming a thing of the past.

Slate | Alexander Sammon

​How the scimitar-horned oryx became a conservation unicorn​

How an African oryx came back from near-extinction in the wild with help from Texas and Abu Dhabi.

New Lines | Annaliese Smith

​San Francisco solved Metro vandalism with one neat trick​

On urban social architecture: "The contours of this debate are nearly identical in conversations about bathrooms, benches, and other public facilities. How do we negotiate the ideals of universal access against the needs of the system and the comfort of its users?"

The Atlantic | Henry Grabar

​The skylines of the future will be made of wood​

The boosterish case for making wooden buildings bigger than ever.

Grist | Matt Simon

​The obsessive race to make a four-ounce running shoe​

Advanced running shoes are getting lighter than ever, shaving grams from shoes and seconds off marathon times.

Rachel Bachman | The Wall Street Journal

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​The radicalisation of the American liberal​

"Resistance liberals are truly committed to liberal values such as individual rights, democracy and a pluralistic society. They think these can only be saved through a knockdown, dragout fight across all levels of society and that the opportunity for an easy compromise has come and gone. They know that victory will go to the side that wants it the most."

Prospect | Toby Buckle

​The myth of libertarianism​

On the crackup of the libertarian movement in the age of Trump and the tech right, and why it's better understood through sociology than commitment to determinative principles.

The Bleeding Heart Libertarian | Matt Zwolinski

​Helium is hard to replace​

It's not just petroleum: how the war in Iran is disrupting the supply of helium, what the gas is used for, and why there are few good alternatives.

Construction Physics | Brian Potter

​Trump signs order fast tracking review of psychedelics​

Psychedelics continue progressing into the mainstream as a Republican president removes barriers to medical use.

NPR | Mandalit del Barco

​A vaccine for Lyme disease could be on the horizon​

Good news for gardeners and hikers: a new vaccine for Lyme disease shows promising results.

Science News | Erin Garcia de Jesús

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​Talking to students​

"Writing is accumulation. Time + words = manuscript." And other advice for students of creative writing.

Meditations in an Emergency | Rosecrans Baldwin

​Four things we’d need to put data centers in space​

Why putting data centers in space is harder than it sounds, and the technology needed to make it work.

MIT Technology Review | Tereza Pultarova

​The best free restaurant bread in America​

An obsessive quest to find America's best free restaurant bread, spanning Michelin stars to hot rolls hurled across the dining room.

The Atlantic | Caity Weaver

​What are you paying for today?​

"Wagyu" beef is everywhere. But what are consumers really getting when they see it on the menu?

The New York Times | Tejal Rao

​Fridge magnets and memory​

From 2021, a historical search for the inventor of the souvenir refrigerator magnet.

Little Flying Robots | Faine Greenwood

​How Bruce the parrot landed atop the pecking order​

And in bird news, observations of a resilient New Zealand parrot without a top beak who learned to adapt... and joust.

The New York Times | Carl Zimmer

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