Egypt's rulers are hosting U.N. climate talks known as COP27. Their ancient predecessors were probably toppled in part from climate issues, researchers say.
When a plane crashes, its flight recorder is critical to piecing together the missteps that led to calamity. Now the planet is getting its own in case it self-destructs.
In “Second Nature,” Nathaniel Rich offers a tour of the ways humans have both conquered the natural world and been overwhelmed by the unintended consequences.
