Deep Dives goes past the headline and into the peer-reviewed record. We unpack the chemistry, the epidemiology, and the policy fights behind the exposures that touch everyday life.
They're in rain, blood, and drinking water on every continent. We unpack what makes PFAS nearly indestructible, why the health science moved so fast, and what the new EPA limits actually change.
A credit card's worth of plastic a week — or a myth? We separate the viral statistic from the peer-reviewed reality, and look at where microplastics actually come from and what the science can and can't yet say.
When the sky turns orange, the danger isn't the smell — it's PM2.5, particles small enough to cross from your lungs into your bloodstream. We trace how wildfire smoke travels a thousand miles and what actually protects you.
Anatomies of catastrophe — bridge collapses, industrial explosions, and the environmental disasters that reshaped how we think about risk.
→ SeriesThe context the news cycle skips — what a breaking safety or environmental story actually means, and what the data really says.
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