Vox reader Brian Diederich asks: Why and how do so many collegiate basketball teams — both men’s and women’s — now have so many international student-athletes? If you’ve turned on March Madness this year, you’ve witnessed the most international players ever in college basketball’s signature competition.  Across both the men’s and women’s brackets, 264 athletes […]

Each year, in late spring and early summer, female sea turtles will crawl out of the ocean under moonlight to lay their eggs in the sand, often returning to the same beach on which they were born many years earlier. Sometimes when the turtles emerge to nest, researchers like Julianna Martin are watching patiently from […]

There’s so much to be said about — and to be gained from — the magic of nature, especially with spring upon us. So what happens when we lose the natural world’s most special places? This month’s cover story takes a look at the vanishing tidepools of California for answers. You’ll find a piece about […]

The warming spring air is a welcome relief from the bitterly cold winter across much of the US, but millions of seasonal allergy sufferers are getting buried under a pollen tsunami, with sneezing, headaches, watery eyes, and stuffed sinuses sending them right back indoors.  Already, Atlanta has broken its pollen count record, with 14,801 grains […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today, I’m focusing on Donald Trump’s comments about a third presidential term and what we should make of them. What exactly did Trump say? Could he do that? The […]