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World map composed of people (Getty Images/imaginima)

Humanity just hit 8 billion. What now?

Troy Farah
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How energy companies envision the future

Seth Blumsack, Lara B. Fowler - The Conversation
Plastic Pollution in the Ocean (Getty Images/Yunaidi Joepoet)

Climate change inequity: Who pays?

Bethany Tietjen - The Conversation
COVID-19 virus destruction (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

The COVID "Franken-virus" threat

Troy Farah
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People participate in a rally organized by RiseUp4AbortionRights, which held rallies and marches nationwide to oppose the growing erosion of abortion rights on International Women's Day. (Wendy P. Romero/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Abortion bans neglect teen pregnancies

Sarah Varney - KFF Health News
Hospital bed in the hallway (Getty Images/David Sacks)

Hospital probed after denying abortion

Harris Meyer - KFF Health News
Woman fanning herself (Getty Images/Jose Miguel Sanchez)

Don't fear the hot flash

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts through the L.A. Basin, obscuring downtown skyscrapers in a view from a closed Griffith Observatory on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Here's why 'brown carbon' is so bad

Nealan Gerrebos, Allan Bertram - The Conversation
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Woman wearing a surgical mask as crowd of people walk past her in blur motion (Getty Images/nycshooter)

The forgotten immunocompromised

Lindsay Karp
Twin American Pit Bull Terriers smiling (Getty Images/Josh Taxson)

Pitbulls: friend or enemy?

Colin Dayan - The Conversation
A helicopter drops water over a wildfire near El Pont de Vilomara, in Catalonia, on July 18, 2022. - Emergency services battled several wildfires as Spain remained in the grip of an exceptional heatwave that has seen temperatures reach 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Farenheit). (PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfires incite animal behavior changes

Taylor Ganz - The Conversation
close-up of a measuring tape, the concept of losing weight (Getty Images/puhimec)

Weight loss drug causing chaos on TikTok

Troy Farah
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Elon Musk | "Aeroritratto di Mussolini aviatore" by Alfredo Gauro Ambrosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Wikimedia Commons)

Is Elon Musk actually a futurist?

Matthew Rozsa
Macro image of a dead bee on a leaf (Getty Images)

Climate change ups the pressure on bees

Jennie L. Durant - The Conversation
Bacteria Lactobacillus in human intestine (Getty Images/nopparit)

Modified bacteria can clean up pollution

Sara Molinari - The Conversation
Positive Cassette rapid test for COVID-19 (Getty Images/Massimiliano Finzi)

How to make sense of your COVID-19 test

Nathaniel Hafer, Apurv Soni, Yukari Manabe - The Conversation
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Swine Production (Getty Images/Arun Roisri)

Big Meat takes a page from Big Oil

Brian Kateman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Climate change comes to prisons

Alleen Brown - Grist
Healthcare professional is discussing an x-ray with a woman in the hospital (Getty Images/Morsa Images)

Long COVID and lung damage

Jeffrey M. Sturek, Alexandra Kadl - The Conversation
An NHS staff prepares to administer the Covid-19 vaccination booster jab during a press tour at a vaccination center (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Social media use and vaccine hesitancy

Muhammad E. Rasul, Jaeho Cho, Saifuddin Ahmed - The Conversation
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PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

Will COVID spike again this fall?

Céline Gounder - KFF Health News
Capsule pills and marijuana in a blister-pack (Getty Images / Ilya Sereda / EyeEm)

Is cannabis an effective antibiotic?

Troy Farah
Election Vote Button 2022 (Getty Images/adamkaz)

Experts: Red trickle vindicates polling

Matthew Rozsa
A Turtle (Getty Images/Minko)

Cowabunga! These turtles can talk

Matthew Rozsa
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