NATURE • FIELD REPORT

The Last Forests: A Reckoning With What We Still Have

Old-growth ecosystems are vanishing faster than we can document them. A team of ecologists spent three years in the field to find what remains — and what it will take to keep it.

Elena Vasquez14 min readJanuary 18, 2025
Coral Bleaching
CLIMATE

Coral Bleaching Events Are Now Annual. This Is Why.

The Great Barrier Reef experienced its fifth mass bleaching in eight years. Scientists say the timeline is narrowing toward a point of no return.

Priya Nair8 min read
Wolf
REWILDING

How Wolves Are Rewriting the Geography of Fear

Tom Andersen • 12 min read
Underground Network
BIODIVERSITY

The Underground Internet: How Mycorrhizal Networks Communicate

Sofia Lindqvist • 15 min read

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Open Source AI
OPEN SOURCE

Open Source AI: The Unlikely Movement Taking on Big Tech

A loose coalition of researchers, activists, and engineers is building AI tools that no single company controls. The stakes are enormous.

Yuki Tanaka9 min read
Computer Chip
HARDWARE

The Chip War Enters a New Phase

David Park • 11 min read
Phone Apps
PRIVACY

Your Phone Knows You Better Than Your Therapist

Lena Hoffmann • 13 min read