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An illustration of the Earth Return Orbiter bringing samples from Mars back to Earth. After capturing the samples in orbit around Mars, the orbiter would return to Earth and release its Earth Entry System, which is depicted here in the distance. (NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC)

Is it worth returning samples from Mars?

Sarah Scoles - Undark

A mission to retrieve samples from the red planet is in the works. Some scientists wonder if it’s a wise investment

Lara Trump speaks at the NCGOP state convention as former U.S. President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

GOP embraces the failed Big Lie strategy

Amanda Marcotte

Election denial doesn't impress voters, but it sure attracts massive defamation lawsuits

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in a pre-trial hearing at Criminal Court on March 25, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images)

"Electoral calamity": MAGA is a trap

Chauncey DeVega

"His general odiousness represents a path to electoral calamity in 2024 for the GOP"

Spermworld (Courtesy of FX Networks)

The world of underground sperm banks

Nicole Karlis

The new documentary "Spermworld" explores the underground phenomenon shaking up fertility access

Kristen Stewart is seen on March 11, 2024 in New York City. (Gotham/GC Images)

Kristen Stewart won't do Marvel

Kelly McClure

During a recent podcast, Stewart says she likes making big movies, just not those kinds of big movies

A voter shows ''I voted'' sticker at a polling station (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

GOP election denier voted illegally

Kelly McClure

Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, faces a $5,000 fine for voting on probation

Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tapped California attorney Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for vice president during an event in Oakland, California, United States on March 26, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"The View": RFK Jr. taking Biden's votes

Kelly McClure

"Why do you want to destroy the election and hand it to Trump if possible?" Behar fumed in a recent segment

Chocolate (Getty Images/Fatima Guisado lozano)

Could chocolate be good for you?

Dan Baumgardt - The Conversation

"There are other organs, aside from the brain, that might benefit from the medicinal effects of cocoa"

Beyonce Knowles and Dolly Parton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beyoncé and Dolly Parton join forces

Nardos Haile

"Cowboy Carter" will be released on Friday and Parton will be featured on "Jolene"

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media as he attends a pre-trial hearing at Criminal Court on March 25, 2024 in New York City. (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump attack shows he's "running scared"

Tatyana Tandanpolie

"You don't have to attack a judge if you're confident in your case," legal scholar says

A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Rae Hodge

"Like a frenetic toddler," the monster at the heart of our galaxy is wild-whipping magnetic plasma

Martin Scorsese attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)

Scorsese's new Fox show is no surprise

Gabriella Ferrigine

The decorated director is an ardent Catholic, and his film resume proves it

Drone (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

In Virginia, DoorDash takes to the skies

Michael La Corte

Consumers in Virginia might be delivered a Wendy's order by a drone, not a delivery driver

Fox News host Sean Hannity. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Hannity: Biden wants to take away meat

Joy Saha

"They want to take away your stove, your refrigerator, your air conditioner," the conservative host said Wednesday

Traditional easter butter lamb (Getty Images/PicturePartners)

The history of the Easter butter lamb

Joy Saha

The adorable Easter centerpiece is rich in religious symbolism

Alan Tudyk on "Resident Alien" (Syfy)

"Resident Alien" star on love & fascism

Melanie McFarland

The star of Syfy's hit series (now on Netflix) discusses an extraterrestrial affair and hope for humanity

Sugar cubes in metallic spoons (Getty Images/Yulia Reznikov)

Just how harmful is sugar?

Grace Marie Jones - The Conversation

"It's hard to avoid sugar when it's become a normal part of diets and when we celebrate special times . . . "

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Furious judge sentences SBF to 25 years

Igor Derysh

"He knew it was wrong. He knew it was criminal," Judge Lewis Kaplan said of the convicted crypto fraudster

Package with boxes of Mifepristone (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

19th Century law versus bodily autonomy

Nicole Karlis

Abortion opponents are citing the Comstock Act to stop "abortion pill trafficking." Experts say that's nonsense

Larry David attends the Los Angeles Premiere of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 12 at Directors Guild Of America on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Larry David roasts "sociopath" Trump

Gabriella Ferrigine

David "can’t go a day without thinking about what he’s done to this country because he’s such a little baby"

Sylvia Saunders, Pamela Birch, Mary McGlory and Valerie Gell of Liverpool band The Liverbirds pose for a group portrait c 1964 in Hamburg, Germany. (Gunter Zint/K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns/Getty Images)

Fascinating tale of "The Other Fab Four"

Kenneth Womack

Return to the 1960s with the Liverbirds, women rockers who proved John Lennon wrong, and a book of Beatles on tour

Driving a car across a bridge in the rain at night (Getty Images/Yaorusheng)

Baltimore bridge collapse renews phobias

Gabriella Ferrigine

For those who fear bridges, the tragedy of the Francis Scott Key Bridge seems to legitimize a common phobia

Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden steps on his own good intentions

Brian Karem

It’s time for the president to channel his inner Sam Kinison

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott talks with the media after a cargo ship ran into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Baltimore mayor: "DEI" code for "N-word"

Igor Derysh

Right-wingers smear Brandon Scott, who was elected with over 70%, as a diversity hire after Key Bridge collapse

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