Articles by Grist staff

Did someone call for a smog machine?

No, that’s not smog. It’s all the dry, dusty dirt drifting everywhere I go here at Bonnaroo. It’s in my hair, covering my shoes, and stuck to every drop of sweat on my body. That I can deal with … The problem is that it’s also in my eyes, my nose, my lungs. I came […]

We’ll Give You the Shirt Off Our Back

Grist fundraiser wraps up, still needs your help It’s almost time to hang up our summer fundraising efforts — and we’re so clothes to our goal we can practically taste it. That’s why we’re asking for your help one more time, and why we’re offering a colorful Grist T-shirt to the first 50 people who […]

Yeah, Right, and Pluto’s Not a Planet

Research team says Amazon River is longer than the Nile Every so often, a news story comes along that is so astonishing, so monumental, that it shakes the foundations of everything you hold dear, leading you to question fundamental truths. This … is not one of those stories, but it’s interesting nonetheless. A team of […]

Prospects May Have Shifted During Flight

Booming airline industry gives nod to climate change The world’s biggest air show opens in France today, and the commercial airline industry is all hepped up on salted peanuts: after two years in the red, it’s expected to reap $5 billion in profits this year. Both Boeing and Airbus announced billions of dollars of aircraft […]