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How to watch the Oscar animated shorts

Gary M. Kramer

Warning: Only one of these shorts is suitable for children. Proceed with caution but enjoy the artistry

Donald Trump, Letitia James, Bennie Thompson and Alvin Bragg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What happened to investigating Trump?

Jon Skolnik

One probe is showing signs of letting up while Trump struggles to fend off a civil suit led by New York's AG

A girl looks out the train window as an evacuation train departs carrying women and children that fled fighting in Bucha and Irpin from Irpin City to Kyiv that was scheduled after heavy fighting overnight forced many to leave their homes on March 04, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

The psychological toll on Ukraine's kids

Alan D. Blotcky

Research shows that children’s exposure to the trauma of war leads to psychiatric disorders

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Watch: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant attack

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

Watch rare footage of the Russian attack upon Ukraine's nuclear power plant

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A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building that was destroyed in the midst of battle with the Russians, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (Getty Images / MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

War 101: What it means to "take" a city

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Russia's attack on Ukraine is stupid, pointless, destructive and remarkably vicious. That's what happens in war

Mark Cuban (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

The future of drug pricing

Teresa Carr - Undark

Can free-market business ventures help contain the cost of prescription drugs? Perhaps, but not for everyone

A military vehicle with spaced armour moves past servicemen during tactical drills for Ukrainian Interior Ministry units to practice interoperability while defending a city, urban combat tactics and response to the aftermath of the hostilities in a city, Prypiat, the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine. (Volodymyr Tarasov/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Russia dropped cluster bombs on Kharkiv

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

"Using cluster munitions in populated areas shows a brazen and callous disregard for people's lives"

Lauren Witzke (Lauren Witzke Official Campaign)

QAnon supporter praises Putin

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Lauren Witzke, a far-right Christian nationalist and QAnon supporter, views Putin as a "symbol of Christian piety"

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Two pints of beer bitter on wooden barrel in pub. (Getty Images/Adermark Media)

Study: drinking can shrink your brain

Kelly McClure

Having four drinks a day can age a person's brain considerably over time

McDonald's restaurant July 29, 2003 in Redwood City, California (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

McDonald's broken ice cream mystery

Kelly McClure

A small company called Kytch is suing McDonald's for $900 million in relation to an ice-cream machine repair device

Sebastian Stan in "Fresh" (Searchlight Pictures)

Seeking "willing partner" in Hulu horror

Gary M. Kramer

Daisy Edgar-Jones & Sebastian Stan spoke to Salon about their gruesome Hulu film about the perils of modern dating

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Do I need to store grapes in the fridge?

Kelly Vaughan - Food52

Do this so they don't get shriveled up

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How to store broccoli so it stays crisp

Kelly Vaughan - Food52

Freeze it and it'll last for months

An employee puts a weapon on display at the National Armory gun store on April 11, 2013 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

'Stand Your Ground' law spiked homicides

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams

Researchers say the state-level laws "should be reconsidered to prevent unnecessary violent deaths."

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) arrives for the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump judge rules Cawthorn can run again

Jon Skolnik

The judge is a Trump appointee and a member of multiple conservative advocacy groups

A person holds sunflowers and a Ukrainian flag as members of the Ukrainian community protest at Place du Canada in Montreal, Quebec, on February 27, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have fled their country since Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday. (ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

How sunflowers became a protest symbol

Joy Saha

Salon takes a look at how the "sunny" cultivar became more than just the nation's national flower

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Smaller than a penny, the flower-like rock artifact on the left was imaged by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the end of its robotic arm. The image was taken on Feb. 24, 2022, the 3,396th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The “flower,” along with the spherical rock artifacts seen to the right, were made in the ancient past when minerals carried by water cemented the rock. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Mars' bizarre "flower" rock, explained

Matthew Rozsa

The newly-dubbed "Blackthorn Salt" is comprised of minerals that were formed when Mars rocks interacted with water

Satellite Orbiting Earth (Getty Images/3DSculptor)

Private satellites repurposed for war

Eric Schank

The 40-mile Russian convoy is being tracked by a multipurpose satellite often used for environmental monitoring

Tom Sturridge as Dream in "The Sandman" (Netflix)

Netflix's Sandman "will surprise you"

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming

As we reread our copies of "The Sandman," here's what Neil Gaiman says about the upcoming series

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump never believed he'd be punished

Amanda Marcotte

New court filings from the Jan. 6 committee demonstrate Trump thought he'd get away with his crimes

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Ron DeSantis and Rochelle Walensky (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

CDC head rips Ron DeSantis over masks

Jon Skolnik

"Those students should have been comfortable wearing a mask," the CDC head said. "It is absolutely their choice"

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP has long worked against Ukraine

Heather Digby Parton

It's a stunningly disingenuous reversal

DNA, Atoms and particles (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

Genomics' ethical gray areas abroad

Dyna Rochmyaningsih - Undark

A controversy in the Philippines illustrates the pitfalls and pressure points of international genomics research

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his first State of the Union address, Biden spoke on his administration’s efforts to lead a global response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, efforts to curb inflation and bringing the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

"Unity" with fascists? No thanks, Joe

Chauncey DeVega

Biden's speech was resolute, sometimes eloquent. But the compromise he imagines is just surrendering to fascism

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