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The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food

Perhaps the most crucial idea for understanding our species’ future on this planet boils down to two boring words: land use. To mitigate climate...

09.08.2025 30

Marina Bolotnikova

The old suburban frontier is closing. Here’s what the new one could look like.

For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and waterlogged, yet...

07.07.2025 20

Marina Bolotnikova

The one thing the Trump administration got very right

If there’s anything the Trump administration has gotten unequivocally right (besides inadvertently helping Mark Carney become prime minister of...

18.06.2025 6

Marina Bolotnikova

You’re being lied to about protein

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every...

28.05.2025 20

Marina Bolotnikova

These fluffy white wolves explain everything wrong with bringing back extinct animals

Let’s start with what should be obvious: The wolf pups are not dire wolves, and they haven’t been “de-extincted.” The fluffy white canines —...

10.04.2025 5

Marina Bolotnikova

These fluffy white wolves explain everything wrong with bringing back extinct animals

Let’s start with what should be obvious: The wolf pups are not dire wolves, and they haven’t been “de-extincted.” The fluffy white canines —...

10.04.2025 60

Marina Bolotnikova

The life of a dairy cow

At Vox, I specialize in writing and editing all sorts of stories about animal agriculture and the future of food, from the strange ritual of eating...

03.04.2025 5

Marina Bolotnikova

Americans are drinking more cow’s milk. Here’s why that’s a problem.

The past few years have violated many of my assumptions about human progress. Twenty-year-olds are going MAGA. More and more Americans say that women...

10.03.2025 8

Marina Bolotnikova

America’s never-ending obsession with milk, explained in 8 charts

The past few years have violated many of my assumptions about human progress. Twenty-year-olds are going MAGA. More and more Americans say that women...

06.03.2025 5