Highways Are Driving Cougars to Inbreeding and Extinction In Southern California

SoCal’s mountain lions are on track to be wiped out within 50 years, but conservation projects could save them. Continue reading Highways Are Driving Cougars to Inbreeding and Extinction In Southern California

‘Runaway Collapse’ of Environment Could Cause the Next Great Recession

“Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognize that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage.” Continue reading ‘Runaway Collapse’ of Environment Could Cause the Next Great Recession

We Asked 105 Experts What Scares and Inspires Them Most About the Future

Climate change, extremism, and artificial intelligence were among the top fears, and young people, technology, and equality were among the top hopes. Continue reading We Asked 105 Experts What Scares and Inspires Them Most About the Future

Climate Change Killed the ‘Siberian Unicorn,’ Study Says

This Eurasian giant weighed 7,700 pounds and likely had the largest horn of any rhino, extinct or living. Continue reading Climate Change Killed the ‘Siberian Unicorn,’ Study Says

A Hybrid of Humanity’s Closest Relatives Has Been Identified From 50,000-Year-Old Bone

While we know early humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans interbred, this specimen is a unique first-generation Neanderthal-Denisovan offspring. Continue reading A Hybrid of Humanity’s Closest Relatives Has Been Identified From 50,000-Year-Old Bone

A Former Clickhole Writer Made a ‘Content Bot’ That Will Probably Become My Boss

It’s already won a comedy competition and is currently applying to be Poet Laureate for the city of Redmond, Washington. Continue reading A Former Clickhole Writer Made a ‘Content Bot’ That Will Probably Become My Boss