All of the images in this post are borrowed from the amazing Flickr feed of the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab. Any day now, the apple trees on my deck will bloom, bringing with them the first ...

The Dreams of a Bumblebee in Autumn: Yes, bees dream. We can even imagine what.

How photographing the world’s oldest living things pushed me outside the boundaries of science.

The lettuce outbreak is just the beginning. This is the story of how, thanks to GOP politicians, corporate cash rewrites America's laws and why ordinary people keep paying the price….

Reflection. The so-called “United States” is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 2026. We,...

Bumblebees Have Chimp-Like Problem-Solving Abilities Despite Tiny Brains: New research may upend the cognitive primacy of humans and other large-brained vertebrates

The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for th…

This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason.” The evidence for such a cl...

The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain

Featuring music from Olivia Rodrigo and Oasis, "Help (2)" will raise money for children in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond

Come to Georgetown City Hall 3-5 pm to send a loud and clear message that the Government derive it's just power from the Consent of the Governed, and you do not CONSENT. We will have Public Speakers ...

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Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…

He's incapable of learning lessons and actively resists it.

Research findings by a team of 21 global researchers just published in the journal Nature is shedding light on systemic racism, discrimination and marginalisati

A rising star looks like a winner for 2026.

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...

A how-to guide for making a difference for democracy.

We must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves

For a decade, the autonomous territory in Syria has been a bastion of gender equality. It holds important lessons for the fight against authoritarianism, says author Natasha Walter

You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.

TNR writers discuss Trump’s immigration policy and how communities are resisting