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1 week ago | atmos.earth | Leila Latif

The fungal dystopia is a reminder that without climate and health system reform, the next pandemic may not just overwhelm us, but fundamentally reshape what it means to survive. There’s a cruel symmetry to The Last of Us’s second season, which leaps ahead five years.

3 weeks ago | atmos.earth | Ruchi Kumar

Countless women have had their wombs removed under questionable medical advice—and climate change is making the situation worse. In early 2021, Bhanubai Madhulkar Shinde went to a local clinic in her village in Beed, a small district in western India, with complaints of heavy menstrual bleeding. “There was lots of pain during the monthly cycle.

1 month ago | atmos.earth | Katarina Zimmer

Researchers debate what constitutes animal “language,” but one thing is clear: We’re not the only ones capable of complex communication. Japanese tits are very polite birds.

1 month ago | atmos.earth | Jason P. Dinh

Phoenix of Gaza XR reimagines the city’s future beyond Israel’s bombings and besiegement, letting visitors relish in a quotidian hum of life. It was a blustery February day in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gusts of nearly 50 miles per hour whipped me around the icy sidewalks as I approached the metro station. My destination?

1 month ago | atmos.earth | Jason P. Dinh

The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises—including climate change—is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity. You might be surprised to learn that John Green is a tuberculosis activist. If you’re like me, you recognize Green as the author of best-selling young adult novels such as The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska.