Commentary / World Oct 10, 2020

A coronavirus vaccine is coming, so who gets it first?

While many people will want to be protected against COVID-19, nations will need to decide who needs prioritizing for vaccination.

Commentary / World Jun 7, 2020

Quarantine is terrible but it works

Restricting human contact has had a dramatic effect on COVID-19’s infection rates.

Commentary / World May 5, 2020

It’s 2024, and we’re still stuck at home

Wishful thinking can't overcome the scientific models that point to years of COVID-19 outbreaks.

National / Science & Health | Commentary Jan 9, 2020

Nobel Prize for a battery breakthrough was decades in the making

Looking back on the past year in science, the coolest advances seem to be coming in areas such as gene editing and quantum computing. This is sexy research pointing with confidence to the future. Yet we should remember that some of the most important ...

Commentary / World Nov 26, 2019

Gene editing might alter our DNA and destroy our humanity

Crispr and other tools could save us from the most tragic diseases, but what if they change what makes us human?

Commentary / World Sep 24, 2018

Space junk presents a clear and present danger

Pollution generated by human activity isn't limited to the Earth and its climate.

Commentary / World Jun 15, 2018

Why de-nuking the North is so difficult

Full denuclearization may not even be possible.

Commentary / World May 27, 2018

Canada's cautionary tale for all fishing nations

The rise and fall of a Canadian province's cod supplies points to the danger of industrial-scale fishing.

Commentary / World Jul 10, 2017

China's electric cars are actually pretty dirty

Electric-vehicle technology is only as clean as its sources of power.

Commentary / World Oct 31, 2016

Magical thinking won't stop climate change

Despite the Paris Agreement on climate change, the gap between what needs to happen and what is happening remains large, and is even growing.