What If There Is Life on Venus?
The surprising scientific discovery of phosphine in the clouds of Earth’s closest neighboring planet is reanimating questions about humanity’s place in the cosmos.
Culture
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When the “Gift” of Immigration Comes With Strings
An anthropologist examines how refugees fleeing violence experience hospitality in Turkey—and the burdens attached.
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Do Black Lives Matter in Outer Space?
Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, is ramping up its efforts to inhabit Mars, raising crucial questions about who gets left out of fantasies of space colonization.
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How the Zapotec Are Fighting COVID-19
As the pandemic sweeps across Mexico, some Indigenous communities recognize that their traditional principles and practices can offer protection from the virus.
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How COVID-19 Is Changing People’s Relationships With Houseplants
An anthropologist digs into what the current “botanic boom” reveals about people’s interactions with nature and with one another.
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Waterloo-Redfern and the Racism Rooted in Cities
Protestors toppling statues spur an anthropologist to look at the underlying urban politics that reproduce colonial and racist systems in Australia’s Waterloo-Redfern housing plans.