Why labor shortages pose 'serious challenges' to US battery supply chain

By Daniel Woldorff, Latitude StudiosMarch 20, 202440 min read

Skillsets like chemistry and chemical engineering are in short supply, even as investment in factories grows.

The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops.

Chris Hamill-Stewart·Apr 27, 2026·7 min read

Wired

A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy

The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t.

Arthur Allen, KFF Health News·May 18, 2026·12 min read

The New Yorker

He Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb

A former C.I.A. officer says that he recruited scientists as part of the United States’ effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program.

David D. Kirkpatrick·Mar 30, 2026·43 min read

The Conversation

Mali’s security crisis holds warnings for Nigeria: here’s why

Located in the same Sahel region and threatened by similar jihadist insurgents, Nigeria has some lessons to learn from Mali.

Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology·May 24, 2026

The Conversation

Global media networks simplify Ethiopia’s conflicts: insights from 5 years of data

Global media coverage tends to focus on just one of Ethiopia’s conflicts.

Mulatu Alemayehu Moges, Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Agder·May 24, 2026

The New Yorker

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus·Feb 9, 2026·46 min read