Bringing Biodiversity to the Corn Fields (Yale Environment 360)
by Tom Philpott
Corn and soy’s domination of Midwestern agriculture is a disaster for the soil and the climate. But some farmers are trying a different, older farming technique, mixing food trees—and chickens and cows—with annual crops.

How this Fish Tastes the Ocean (Smithsonian Magazine)
by Katie Cottingham
Dorsal fins aren’t just for poking out of the water and scaring swimmers. In various fish species, evolution has adapted the fins for a range of purposes. The Remo flounder uses it for navigating the ocean floor by taste.

Who Knows How the Ocean Flows? (Eos)
by Andrew Chapman
Many things in the deep ocean are mysterious, including the answers to apparently basic questions like how currents move the water and deposit sediments. A new, detailed study of how this works in one corner of the Indian Ocean has researchers “gobsmacked.”

Putting Fraudulent Science Under a Microscope (Undark)
by Jessica Wapner
The reward system of the world of academic research can create incentives for scientists to manipulate their data. When fraud happens, a squad of independent researchers works to catch it.

Roots of the Israeli Far Right (Public Books)
by Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian
Understanding the farthest right elements of Israeli politics means going back in time and looking at the international context and complicated politics of race and gender.

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