Climate scientists live in a world that’s still caught between where we are and where we need to be. By Eric Holthaus.

Ruben Cordova used his social media profile as an archive of his research, but his photos of the Met Breuer's Like Life exhibition triggered Facebook's censors, who then permanently disabled his profile. By Zachary Small.

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster left a ring of ghost villages as residents fled fearing radiation poisoning. But now people are choosing to live in the crumbling houses on the edge of the exclusion zone. By Zhanna Bezpiatchuk.

The U.S. military has a detailed plan to save the living, or at least outlast the dead. By Stephen L. Carter.

The site is riddled with radioactive waste and toxic compounds. Where does it all go during a fire? By Elina Shatkin

A military exercise staged 35 years ago this week almost triggered World War Three. Previously secret documents now reveal what happened. By Richard Hollingham.

Fourteen sailors from the Ronald Reagan’s nuclear reactor department face discipline in connection to hallucinogenic drug abuse, officials said. By Geoff Ziezulewicz.

The stillbirth of Journey Moon prompted sympathy—and a backlash. By Emily Shugerman.

We know how to stop solid minerals converting to a liquid state mid voyage – so why does it still happen? By Susan Gourvenec.

Everything from food to oil depends on underpaid and overworked drivers. By Elisabeth Braw. (Sept. 19, 2018)

Research shows how ancient Angkor experienced the same challenges as modern urban networks. As we move further into a period characterised by extreme weather events, the resilience of our urban infrastructure will be tested. Will our cities go down like Angkor did? By Dan Penny.

The real meaning of the IPCC report isn’t “climate change is worse than you think.” We knew that. It’s “you now have permission to freak out.” By David Wallace-Wells.

The Paris agreement on climate change charts a narrow path to avoiding a global apocalypse. Just one problem: Its centerpiece is a technology that basically doesn’t yet exist. By Abby Rabinowitz, Amanda Simson.

BBC editors and correspondents unpick the detail in the government's "no-deal" documents.

Scientists from the University of Minnesota get dozens of articles written about a preliminary study that hasn't been presented or published but admit that the risk presented from e-cigs are far different from cigs.

Analysis of five body camera models marketed to police departments details vulnerabilities could let a hacker manipulate footage. By Lily Hay Newman.

How did British medical worker Janet Parker become the world's last victim of smallpox? By Monica Rimmer.

Aerial photos of damage caused by the Carr wildfire near Redding, California.

A fun new way to do crime...for summer! By Christopher Matthews.

Researchers warn that even limited climate warming could trigger conditions not seen in a million years. By Matt McGrath.