Ed Yong
Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller. Married to Liz Neeley. edyong.me (he/him)
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How We Survive the Winter
The coming months of the pandemic could be catastrophic. The U.S. still has ways to prepare.
“It Was All About the Election”: The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19
The first staffer on the coronavirus task force to go public tells The New Yorker that America’s pandemic response was “derailed by the person at the very top.”
Exclusive: Inside Florida’s alleged flying squirrel smuggling operation
Investigators say thousands of squirrels have been illegally trapped and sent to South Korea as pets.
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“Florida wildlife officials allege that the animals... are being poached from people’s backyards and funneled into the nation’s largest flying squirrel smuggling enterprise.”
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No One Should ‘Colonize’ Space
Invoking language such as “manifest destiny” sends a signal about who belongs in America’s future in space and who doesn’t.
Flash Forward An Illustrated Guide to Possible (and Not So Possible) Tomorrows
An exploration of potential tomorrows from the host of the massively popular and critically acclaimed podcast Flash Forward Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows takes readers on a journey from speculative...
How The U.S. Is Caught In A "Pandemic Spiral" : Short Wave
Ed Yong, a science writer for The Atlantic, writes that the U.S. is caught in a "pandemic spiral." He argues some of our intuitions have been misleading our response, rather than guiding us out of disaster. For instance, flitting from from one...
Coffee Rust Is Going to Ruin Your Morning
Coffee plants were supposed to be safe on this side of the Atlantic. But the fungus found them.
Stop Expecting Life to Go Back to Normal Next Year
Americans will need to take pandemic precautions well into 2021 — yes, even after a vaccine arrives.
The Most Important Number for the West’s Hideous Fire Season
A little-noticed indicator was flashing red before any of the blazes began.
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard
It has been hard to measure the effects of the novel coronavirus. Not only is COVID-19 far-reaching — it’s touched nearly every corner of the globe at this poin…
The Media Learned Nothing From 2016
The press hasn’t broken its most destructive habits when it comes to covering Donald Trump.
Redlining and neighborhood health » NCRC
A study that compared 1930s maps with modern health data found greater COVID-19 risk factors in historically “redlined” neighborhoods.
Scientists Find a Possible Sign of Life on Venus
The discovery of a strange gas in the atmosphere puts the planet “into the realm of a perhaps inhabited world,” a researcher says.
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’
In his first interview, a key witness in the impeachment trial says Trump goes out of his way to try to please the Russian president.
Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA
David Legates, a professor whose research has been supported by fossil fuel companies, has been hired for a top position at the federal agency that oversees weather and climate forecasting.
The No Lives Matter President
Trump’s damning admissions on the Woodward tapes betray not merely his duty and the country, but even his promises to white America to keep them safe
Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19
The politically appointed HHS spokesman and his team demanded and received the right to review CDC’s scientific reports to health professionals.
‘Fathoms: The World in the Whale’ Review: A Giant Subject
The monarchs of the oceans also rule the deeps of the human imagination.
Tedros Adhanom on why vaccine nationalism harms efforts to halt the pandemic
Going it alone will perpetuate the economic and health crisis—for all
Face-mask recognition has arrived—for better or worse
New algorithms can police whether people are complying with public health guidance. The practice raises familiar questions about data privacy.