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Naomi Ages is the climate liability project lead at Greenpeace USA, out there fighting the good environmental fight day after day. Our editor Tori Telfer chatted with her about keeping the oil and gas...

Hippo is launching a new service! We've always been devoted to connecting research with the general public. Now, we're taking the next step in unlocking academia. We're inviting journalists to connect...

We here at Hippo have  some big news. We're in the process of moving our Reads magazine from a strict submission process to one that is open-source and community-based. In other words, members of our...

Today, the media is dominated by reports documenting the rising sea levels, increasing global carbon emissions, and our entrance into the “Anthropocene” era: a new geological epoch created by human...

Earlier this month, Faith Kearns brought you the Art and Science of Waiting, which has become one of Hippo’s top posts in 2015. The post features the research of Kate Sweeny, an associate professor of...

Interview by Ben Winterhalter When Dr. Steve Kay, the dean of USC Dornsife, finished his graduate work on genetics at UK’s University of Bristol, there were three words on his mind: “get to...

This piece is published in partnership with China Focus, a student run blog sponsored by the 21st Century China Program at UC San Diego. You asked; New Yorker China correspondent Evan Osnos...