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A scientific case for an Earth alive

"Becoming Earth" author Ferris Jabr on his new book and how life emerged as an extension of the planet’s surface.

Inside a reporter's notebook: Pleistocene beasts

Read an unpublished diary entry from Ferris Jabr's trip to Russia's Pleistocene Park while writing Becoming Earth.

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An emotional public hearing on MDMA: ‘Today you will vote on whether my friends live or die’

The FDA may approve psychedelic-assisted therapy for PTSD, but at a recent public hearing it was the therapy — not the drug — that burned in the hot seat.

Let's call 'em froggy pharmaceuticals

The biggest threat to biodiversity you’ve never heard of

As a fungus pushes dozens of amphibians into extinction, researchers search for whatever hope they can grab.