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The Three-Thousand-Pound Gourd
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No. 105 · Oct 31, 2026

The Three-Thousand-Pound Gourd

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October 2026

The Three-Thousand-Pound Gourd
No. 105 · Oct 31, 2026

The Three-Thousand-Pound Gourd

Giant Pumpkins
The Bitter Boom
No. 104 · Oct 30, 2026

The Bitter Boom

Cocoa
The Preventable Hundred
No. 103 · Oct 29, 2026

The Preventable Hundred

Rabies
The Thousandfold Fall
No. 102 · Oct 28, 2026

The Thousandfold Fall

Solar Power
The Seven-Acre Winter
No. 101 · Oct 27, 2026

The Seven-Acre Winter

Monarch Migration
The Melting Water Towers
No. 100 · Oct 26, 2026

The Melting Water Towers

Mountain Glaciers
Two Hundred Breaks a Year
No. 099 · Oct 25, 2026

Two Hundred Breaks a Year

Undersea Cables
Eighty Million to Four
No. 098 · Oct 24, 2026

Eighty Million to Four

Sharks
The Nearsighted Half
No. 097 · Oct 23, 2026

The Nearsighted Half

Myopia

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The Slipping Second
No. 096 · Oct 22, 2026

The Slipping Second

Earth's Spin
The Sinking Skyline
No. 095 · Oct 21, 2026

The Sinking Skyline

Sinking Cities
The Last Four Degrees
No. 094 · Oct 20, 2026

The Last Four Degrees

Helium
The Breathless Floor
No. 093 · Oct 19, 2026

The Breathless Floor

Ocean Dead Zones
Fifty Grams a Second
No. 092 · Oct 18, 2026

Fifty Grams a Second

Helium
Seventeen Hours to Earth
No. 091 · Oct 17, 2026

Seventeen Hours to Earth

Space Weather
The Brightening Dark
No. 090 · Oct 16, 2026

The Brightening Dark

Light Pollution
Seven Thousand Tongues
No. 089 · Oct 15, 2026

Seven Thousand Tongues

World Languages
Below Two Point One
No. 088 · Oct 14, 2026

Below Two Point One

World Fertility

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The Uncounted Bite
No. 087 · Oct 13, 2026

The Uncounted Bite

Snakebite
The Twenty-Centimetre Gap
No. 086 · Oct 12, 2026

The Twenty-Centimetre Gap

Human Height
The Lead Ledger
No. 085 · Oct 11, 2026

The Lead Ledger

Lead Exposure
The Ninety-Five Line
No. 084 · Oct 10, 2026

The Ninety-Five Line

Measles
The Quieter Dawn
No. 083 · Oct 9, 2026

The Quieter Dawn

North American Birds
The Crowded Shell
No. 082 · Oct 8, 2026

The Crowded Shell

Space Debris
Seventy-Six Seconds
No. 081 · Oct 7, 2026

Seventy-Six Seconds

Orbital Debris
The Near World
No. 080 · Oct 6, 2026

The Near World

Myopia
The Mending Sky
No. 079 · Oct 5, 2026

The Mending Sky

The Ozone Layer

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Fourteen Thousand Unseen
No. 078 · Oct 4, 2026

Fourteen Thousand Unseen

Near-Earth Asteroids
The Grenade Belt
No. 077 · Oct 3, 2026

The Grenade Belt

Orbital Debris
The Monsoon Bite
No. 076 · Oct 2, 2026

The Monsoon Bite

Snakebite
The Slow Repair
No. 075 · Oct 1, 2026

The Slow Repair

The Ozone Layer

September 2026

The Closing Window
No. 074 · Sep 30, 2026

The Closing Window

Antibiotic Resistance
The Golden Tide
No. 073 · Sep 29, 2026

The Golden Tide

The Sargassum Belt
The Uneaten Fifth
No. 072 · Sep 28, 2026

The Uneaten Fifth

Food Waste
The Sand Gap
No. 071 · Sep 27, 2026

The Sand Gap

Sand
The Half-Empty Hive
No. 070 · Sep 24, 2026

The Half-Empty Hive

Honey Bees
The Other Sea-Level Rise
No. 069 · Sep 23, 2026

The Other Sea-Level Rise

Sinking Cities
The Blue Million
No. 068 · Sep 22, 2026

The Blue Million

Horseshoe Crab Blood
Ten Billion Tonnes at Dusk
No. 067 · Sep 21, 2026

Ten Billion Tonnes at Dusk

The Ocean's Twilight Zone
The Lightning Belt
No. 066 · Sep 20, 2026

The Lightning Belt

Lightning

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Three Decibels a Decade
No. 065 · Sep 19, 2026

Three Decibels a Decade

Ocean Noise
The Quiet Hoard
No. 064 · Sep 18, 2026

The Quiet Hoard

Cash
The Hungry Cloud
No. 063 · Sep 17, 2026

The Hungry Cloud

Desert Locusts
Bread from Air
No. 062 · Sep 15, 2026

Bread from Air

Nitrogen
Faster Than the Shaking
No. 061 · Sep 14, 2026

Faster Than the Shaking

Earthquake Warning
The Untracked Million
No. 060 · Sep 13, 2026

The Untracked Million

Orbital Debris
The Price of Arrival
No. 059 · Sep 12, 2026

The Price of Arrival

Invasive Species
The Garden Hose Internet
No. 058 · Sep 11, 2026

The Garden Hose Internet

Undersea Cables
The Cloned Fruit
No. 057 · Sep 10, 2026

The Cloned Fruit

Bananas

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The Coldest Mile
No. 056 · Sep 9, 2026

The Coldest Mile

The Cold Chain
The Learning Curve
No. 055 · Sep 8, 2026

The Learning Curve

Energy Costs
The Salt Line
No. 054 · Sep 7, 2026

The Salt Line

Soil Salinity
The Cold Divide
No. 053 · Sep 6, 2026

The Cold Divide

Cooling
Thirteen Thousand Years a Metre
No. 052 · Sep 5, 2026

Thirteen Thousand Years a Metre

Ice Cores
One Hole in the Ground
No. 051 · Sep 4, 2026

One Hole in the Ground

Nuclear Waste
The Thinning Ore
No. 050 · Sep 3, 2026

The Thinning Ore

Copper
The Dust Bridge
No. 049 · Sep 2, 2026

The Dust Bridge

Dust & Deserts
The Wandering Pole
No. 048 · Sep 1, 2026

The Wandering Pole

Magnetic North

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August 2026

The Last Speakers
No. 047 · Aug 31, 2026

The Last Speakers

Endangered Languages
The Glass Between Us
No. 046 · Aug 30, 2026

The Glass Between Us

Undersea Cables
Forty-Two Days
No. 045 · Aug 29, 2026

Forty-Two Days

The Blood Supply
The Twenty-Two Metre Cube
No. 044 · Aug 28, 2026

The Twenty-Two Metre Cube

Gold
The Longest Flight
No. 043 · Aug 27, 2026

The Longest Flight

Bird Migration
The Ladder of Ash
No. 042 · Aug 26, 2026

The Ladder of Ash

Volcanoes
The Second That Slipped
No. 041 · Aug 25, 2026

The Second That Slipped

Timekeeping
The Pile-Up at Zero
No. 040 · Aug 24, 2026

The Pile-Up at Zero

Null Island
The Loneliest Coordinate
No. 039 · Aug 23, 2026

The Loneliest Coordinate

Point Nemo

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The Nearsighted Century
No. 038 · Aug 22, 2026

The Nearsighted Century

Myopia
Fourteen Greenlands
No. 037 · Aug 21, 2026

Fourteen Greenlands

Map Projections
The Narrow Places
No. 036 · Aug 21, 2026

The Narrow Places

Maritime Chokepoints
The Distance to Antivenom
No. 035 · Aug 20, 2026

The Distance to Antivenom

Snakebite
The Wet-Bulb Line
No. 034 · Aug 19, 2026

The Wet-Bulb Line

Human Heat Limits
A Third of the Air
No. 033 · Aug 18, 2026

A Third of the Air

The Death Zone
Four Point Two Kelvin
No. 032 · Aug 17, 2026

Four Point Two Kelvin

Helium
The Zone of Inhibition
No. 031 · Aug 16, 2026

The Zone of Inhibition

Antibiotic Resistance
Three Out of Four
No. 030 · Aug 15, 2026

Three Out of Four

Fundamental Forces

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Four Thousand Years of Fighting
No. 029 · Aug 14, 2026

Four Thousand Years of Fighting

Martial Arts
The White River
No. 028 · Aug 13, 2026

The White River

Global Dairy
The Fifth Kingdom
No. 027 · Aug 12, 2026

The Fifth Kingdom

Fungi
Nine Billion Ticks
No. 026 · Aug 11, 2026

Nine Billion Ticks

Measuring Time
Forty-Four a Second
No. 025 · Aug 10, 2026

Forty-Four a Second

Lightning
Built on Sand
No. 024 · Aug 9, 2026

Built on Sand

Sand & Concrete
The Invisible Ocean
No. 023 · Aug 8, 2026

The Invisible Ocean

Groundwater
The Three-Decibel Rule
No. 022 · Aug 7, 2026

The Three-Decibel Rule

Noise & Hearing
The Bread of Air
No. 021 · Aug 6, 2026

The Bread of Air

The Nitrogen Cycle

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The Biggest Things Alive
No. 020 · Aug 5, 2026

The Biggest Things Alive

Life at Scale
The 4.9 Percent
No. 019 · Aug 5, 2026

The 4.9 Percent

Cosmic Inventory
The Second Lifetime
No. 018 · Aug 5, 2026

The Second Lifetime

Longevity
The Race to a Billion
No. 017 · Aug 5, 2026

The Race to a Billion

Adoption Curves
Where the Earth Shakes
No. 016 · Aug 5, 2026

Where the Earth Shakes

The Ring of Fire
The Plastic Smog
No. 015 · Aug 5, 2026

The Plastic Smog

Plastic in the Sea
The Grand Tour
No. 014 · Aug 5, 2026

The Grand Tour

The Solar System
The Two Billion Cups
No. 013 · Aug 5, 2026

The Two Billion Cups

The Coffee Economy
The Ticket Standard
No. 012 · Aug 5, 2026

The Ticket Standard

Box Office

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The Ledger of a Life
No. 011 · Aug 5, 2026

The Ledger of a Life

Time Use
Back to 1978
No. 010 · Aug 5, 2026

Back to 1978

Democracy
Who Owns the World
No. 009 · Aug 5, 2026

Who Owns the World

Global Wealth
What Ends Us
No. 008 · Aug 5, 2026

What Ends Us

Causes of Death
Eight Billion, Unevenly
No. 007 · Aug 5, 2026

Eight Billion, Unevenly

Human Geography
A Brief History of Everyone
No. 006 · Aug 5, 2026

A Brief History of Everyone

Human Numbers
Half a Zettabyte a Day
No. 005 · Aug 5, 2026

Half a Zettabyte a Day

Data
The Long Way Round
No. 004 · Aug 5, 2026

The Long Way Round

Animal Migration
Everything We Left Up There
No. 003 · Aug 5, 2026

Everything We Left Up There

Orbital Debris

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The Weight of Us
No. 002 · Aug 5, 2026

The Weight of Us

Anthropogenic Mass
The Vanishing Night
No. 001 · Aug 5, 2026

The Vanishing Night

The Night Sky