Annie Colbert

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . Combating climate change can feel particularly difficult these days. Countries, states, and municipalities across the globe are missing greenhouse emission reducti... See more

This story was originally published by Grist . This story is a partnership between Grist and The Nation . The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the most beautiful and forbidding places on Earth, so dry that it’s sometimes used by scientists to test run Ma... See more

“While photographing a pride of lions in the Serengeti, I watched as a group of cubs channeled their inner toddler tantrum, relentlessly demanding milk and attention from their mother, much to the exasperation of the adult lions,” writes photographer Bret... See more

You’re not getting any younger. That’s not a dig, it’s a call to action—or, more specifically, activity. Because, even among those of us who exercise regularly, the further we get from childhood the more limited our varieties of movement typically become,... See more

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine . When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors ar... See more