Articles by

Matt Reynolds

The EU Just Kicked Off Its Biggest Climate Experiment Yet

With little fanfare, the European Union has launched a huge climate experiment. On October 1, the EU...

The UK Is Burning Climate Pledges to Fuel a Culture War

The UK government has taken the unusual step of scaling back major climate commitments, despite widespread pushback...

Your First Lab-Grown Burger Won’t Contain Much Beef

The future of meat poses a philosophical conundrum. Some things we can unequivocally call a beef burger....

Insect Farming Is Booming. But Is It Cruel?

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to...

As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages

Kenya is in the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the...

Cute Animals Are Overrated. Let’s Save the Weird Ones

“There are a lot of species out there that are overlooked, and when you get to know...

Fat, Sugar, Salt … You’ve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong

In the late 2000s, Carlos Monteiro noticed something strange about the food that Brazilian people were eating....

Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo?

This makes a lot of sense. De-extincting an entire species will require breakthroughs in all kinds of...