February 10, 2021 – Five Shouts Out

Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life’s Essential Elements

EditorFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021

In a field of sugar beets outside Cambridge, England, Simon Kelly stands above a narrow trench gouged into the rusty earth, roughly 15 feet deep and 30 feet long. “Welcome...

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It Seems That I Know How the Universe Originated

EditorFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021

Updated at 3:27 p.m. ET on February 9, 2021. In Jorge Luis Borges’s story “The Book of Sand,” a mysterious Bible peddler knocks on the narrator’s door and offers to...

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The Weekly Planet: Hail! It’s America’s Most Underrated Climate Risk

EditorFebruary 10, 2021

Every Tuesday, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The...