AJ Dellinger

For decades following the end of World War II, the greatest perceived threat that the world faced was the use of nuclear weapons. Today, the threat is something more innocuous in daily use but no less deadly in the long run: the constant pumping of…

The Trump administration will be remembered for many disastrous moments, but one of the most consequential might be its systematic degradation of environmental protection efforts. Even without a Twitter account, Trump does not appear content to…

Parler, the far-right Twitter alternative, is struggling. The app was banned by Google and Apple over the weekend, but the worst blow came when Amazon announced on Sunday that it was kicking Parler off its servers. As a result, the site has been…

Donald Trump once seemed omnipresent on social media, an unavoidable source of eye rolls, dread, and norm-breaking lunacy that left us all wondering if he was immune to accountability. That came to an end after last week’s attempted coup, instigated…

Last weekend, a manatee with the word "TRUMP" carved into its back was spotted swimming near the Homosassa River in Florida. The poor animal doesn’t seem to be injured, but federal authorities have launched an investigation into the incident and are…

It took the incitement of an insurrection against the federal government, culminating in a multi-hour siege on the Capitol led by white supremacists and conspiracy theorists that resulted in five deaths, but last weekend tech companies finally…

On January 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as president of the United States. Once he takes the oath of office, he will head to the executive branch with at least two years of Democratic control in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.…

2020 seemed like the year that disasters just kept coming, and it came with a price tag that reflects that feeling. According to an analysis performed by insurance company Munich Re, the United States incurred $95 billion in damages caused by…

For those who were wondering how far Donald Trump would have to go before Facebook banned him, it appears "inciting an insurrection" is the answer. After initially slapping the president with a temporary 24 hour suspension on Facebook and Instagram,…

Update: Twitter has announced it is requiring Trump to remove three posts that it says are in violation of its Civic Integrity Policy. The president's account will be "locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets," the company said. "If…

Democrats hoping for the much talked about blue wave in the 2020 election finally seemed to get what they were looking for last night, as at least one and likely two Senate seats in Georgia were flipped by the party. That will create a 50-50 split…

When Joe Biden takes office on January 20, 2021, he is expected to launch the most aggressive agenda to address climate change the country has ever seen. While some of that plan can be carried out via executive order, to truly push the types of…

No part of our planet will be unaffected by climate change, but some areas will feel the effects of the extreme weather events that accompany that change sooner than others. The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently published its first…

Humans have spent centuries wondering if there is other intelligent life among us in the galaxy and decades actively searching for it. It turns out the Milky Way may have once been full of bustling alien civilizations, but they are all dead now.…

The dominant feeling of 2020 was that of sinking. At times, it felt like the whole Earth might open up underneath our feet and just suck us into the abyss. According to a terrifying new study, over the next few decades that sensation just might…

For years now, Republicans and the Trump administration have been trying to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling. Earlier this year, they finally got their wish and announced they would be auctioning off plots of the…

It’s hard to imagine a dumber app for 2020 than Vybe Together. Released earlier this year, it encourages people to “be social” and host parties together during the pandemic. After gaining attention from its recent TikTok promotion, the app was…

As we continue to pump a seemingly endless stream of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, warming the planet and causing devastating extreme weather events, it feels increasingly like our habitat is poisoning us. A similar dark and unfortunate fate…

When the coronavirus pandemic hit and much of the world locked down, it seemed like it might change the way we think about work. For many, opportunities to work from home became more viable, and it appeared that the massive drop in emissions from…