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Sisters Lesly and Rose Garrido-Lopez view the remains of their home which burned in the Eaton Fire. At their peak, the devastating wildfires that ignited around Los Angeles in January forced upward of 200,000 people to evacuate and torched more than 16,000 homes, offices, and shops. The total economic losses may reach as high as…

Due to the battery’s design, it’s impossible to charge your phone without killing it a little in the process. I used to think I was good at charging stuff. My phone, for instance, almost never dies because I charge it wirelessly overnight, and then, if it’s running low in the afternoon, I blast it with…

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that pollute our air, our water, our soils end up in our own bodies. They ruin our health in the same way that they ruin nature.” Those might sound like comments from…

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that pollute our air, our water, our soils end up in our own bodies. They ruin our health in the same way that they ruin nature.” Those might sound like comments from…

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…