"Rehearsing for humanity’s future on Mars."

"What evolution owes aging women."

"Americans have always moved away. These days, expat Lindsey Tramuta writes, record numbers are leaving or planning to leave in search of health care, civil rights, freedoms, even safety. Does exiting the United States mean you’ve given up? Not necessarily."

In this edition: the jaws of history; war and piece(s); the last day of camp; stay a while; picture me rollin’.

"Historians and nonfiction authors often glide over lived experience. They prefer actions, citations, details, dates. But I had just gone through something primal—something beyond my control and beyond the boundaries of modern life."

"Limited information and a lack of informed health care providers make this life transition even more difficult for incarcerated people."

"The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world."

"The gold that once drew opportunists to this slice of California now attracts a new generation."