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Participants talk to each other during a break in the closing ceremony at the UN Climate Summit COP27. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The climate reparations battle at COP27

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Boy lying sick on the sofa at home while his mother takes care of him and helping him to measure his temperature with a digital thermometer. (Getty Images/miljko)

COVID-19 increases seizure risk in kids

Matthew Rozsa
SunCor Energy Refinery in Denver, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Energy dearth sets back renewable energy

Robert Brecha - The Conversation
Dry and cracked riverbed is seen during drought season on April 23, 2021 in Santa Clara County, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

Flash droughts threaten the environment

Antonia Hadjimichael - The Conversation
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Rear view of large group of students raising their hands to answer the question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images)

Can your school tell you what to wear?

Brian Boggs - The Conversation
Math formulas are written on the school board (Getty Images)

Why some students are "bad" at math

Frances E. Anderson - The Conversation
Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers gathered at Indiana University's Sample Gates to protest against mandatory Covid vaccinations IU is requiring for students, staff and faculty during the upcoming fall semester. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The COVID death "gap" between US states

Matthew Rozsa
Mothers with children, back to school during covid-19 (Getty Images)

Bridging the education gap in schools

Adriana Villavicencio - The Conversation
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Sad woman sitting in the crowd (Getty Images/studiostockart)

What causes slips of the tongue?

Cecile McKee - The Conversation
Planet Earth, sun and stars (Getty images/NASA/egal)

Is Earth a self-regulating organism?

Troy Farah
High Angle View Of Graduates (Getty Images / Alan Varajas / EyeEm)

How the Ivy League perpetuates elitism

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Small boy getting a vaccine on his arm by a pediatrician wearing gloves. (Getty Images/Luis Alvarez)

Stopping the Medicaid churn

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
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The war between education and disaster

Martin Rees
James Madison | US Constitution (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How James Madison became a detective

Matthew Rozsa
Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic waste to build the world's largest plastic pyramid on September 17, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)

The plastic waste pyramid controversy

Joseph Winters - Grist
Rear View Of Woman In Wheelchair Shopping For Food (Getty Images/Daisy-Daisy)

The impending intergenerational crisis

Sam Whitehead - KFF Health News
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Pumpkins and gourds arranged on shelves (Getty Images/Natalia Ganelin)

What makes gourd DNA so malleable

Matthew Rozsa
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Bird flu driving up turkey prices

Yuko Sato - The Conversation
The UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 06, 2022, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A climate reparations insurance scheme

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Empty prison hallway (Getty Images)

Extreme heat killing prisoners in Texas

Alleen Brown - Grist
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Sacramento State Capitol Building (Getty Images/Zeka G)

California stockpiled uninsured fines

Angela Hart - KFF Health News
Illustration of two black holes orbiting each other emitting gravitational waves, a prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity (Getty Images/Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library)

Gravity: The final frontier

Matthew Rozsa
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on September 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden tells contractors to cut emissions

Avery Schuyler Nunn - Grist
Scene setter images outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Mass public health specialist layoffs

Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
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