Megan Garber’s story about Rodrigo Medillin—the Batman of Central Park—is a masterpiece of taut, colourful profile-writing.

Here’s another great Amy Harmon piece on GMOs, this time about Golden Rice, and a solid riposte from Emily Willingham to a baffling Forbes opinion piece: “Science and GMOs are not the bad guys”.

East Coast dolphin deaths linked to measles-like virus. By Nadia Drake.

Poverty saps mental capacity to deal with complex tasks. This story by Alok Jha is a model of news reporting—provides clarity, context, critique, and is much more balanced than the paper it’s based on!

Congratulations to Ben Lillie and Erin Barker, whose Story Collider podcast hit 1 million downloads

Here’s an insightful, level-headed take from SciCurious on