Finally great science fiction gets some Emmy love. Severance, Andor, and more! Read about the sci-fi standouts from this past year of television.

So you’ve probably hear something about NASA maybe discovering signatures of life on Mars. I mean we did cover it here. But how do a couple of spots on a rock translate to evidence of life? Planetary scientist Hemani Kalucha has the answers.

Yeah, but what if it’s not life? Science works because scientists are really mean to each other. So let’s honor that meanness and, as a counter point to all the hubbub about organics on Mars, read this article that argues against biological origins of last week’s discovery.

Climate change comes down to one thing: the radiative properties of the Carbon Dioxide molecule. This first piece from Quanta magazine’s special edition starts there and then carefully breaks down the very basics of global warming (with really cool dynamic figures and interactive simulations).

From talk of icy snow globes to desert wastelands, this article dives into the history of predicting climate disasters and breaks down some of the modern indicators that researchers rely on. From extreme weather to supply-chain chaos, predicting climate change is now big business because big business has no time for climate denial.

When we see someone we immediately recognize them drawing on our prior experience of who they are. But how can an AI tell what it’s looking at?