• How the West Was Won: The Sage + Westies Photo Essay

    How the West Was Won: The Sage + Westies Photo Essay

    What happens when a magazine and a student group collaborate to put out a call for images that tell stories about the North American West? Inboxes rapidly fill up with muskoxen and lots of people gain an excuse to drink Oregon beer while looking at mind-blowing pictures. A selection of photos from beyond the 100th meridian.

  • Should Japan Turn Its Nuclear Reactors Back On? A Sage + PolicyMic Forum

    Should Japan Turn Its Nuclear Reactors Back On? A Sage + PolicyMic Forum

    With 130 million people in need of power (but 80% of the population against nuclear power), should Japan end the moratorium currently keeping 54 nuclear reactors closed? You tell us....

  • An Unsettling Experiment: Dispersants in the Gulf

    An Unsettling Experiment: Dispersants in the Gulf

    On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, kicking off a long summer of videos of crude gushing into the sea. Two years later, the offshore oil business is booming, and conventional wisdom has it that the Gulf has fully recovered from the disaster. Not so fast, says Sandy Aylesworth, in an in-depth investigative report.

  • A Dandy in the Woods: photos from the Yale archives

    A Dandy in the Woods: photos from the Yale archives

    He is alone amongst the trees.  Obscured by them.  A solitary well-buffed young man.  A forester.  A Yalie.  

  • Cultivating Community

    Cultivating Community

    Amy Coplen presents stories from our frontline warriors in the battle to grow food and community - giving voice to New Haven's urban gardeners.

  • Fading Spots: A Mother’s Story

    Fading Spots: A Mother’s Story

    With only 13,000 cheetahs left in the wild, the future of the world's fastest land animal is far from secure. Mary Wykstra, Director of Action for Cheetahs in Kenya, tells the story of nearly a decade spent observing the life of a cheetah she calls "Mom."

  • Evolutionary War Hero: An Interview with Carl Zimmer

    Evolutionary War Hero: An Interview with Carl Zimmer

    Nearly 40% of Americans don't believe in evolution, and acknowledgment of anthropogenic climate change is equally spotty. Acclaimed author Carl Zimmer spoke with Sage about how science communicators can begin to reach creationists and climate deniers, why Einstein makes for a great magazine cover, and what to do when your work gets slandered on the Daily Show.

  • Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed

    Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed

    Last week's featured article, Organic on the Offensive, inspired strong reactions from people on both sides of the genetically modified agriculture debate. Among the responses Sage received was a letter from Don Patterson, a Virginian farmer and the man who helped catalyze the lawsuit.