The world, in perspective.

The best rock bands create their greatest work with their backs against the wall — witness the Rolling Stones — and the legendary British hard-rock powerhouse Motorhead was no exception. Forty years ago, the band had seen the dissolution of its classic “No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith” lineup accompanied by a pair of sub-par studio albums, […]

Ecologist Steven Allison argues for the importance of microbes in fighting climate change in a convincing and hopeful book, The Age of Microbes, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre