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A Neanderthal skull and some of the Mousterian tools used by the Neanderthals are shown in this display during a tour of the "Ancestors" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Neanderthal DNA lives on in us

Joshua Akey - The Conversation
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona in the United States, near the town of Page. (Getty Images/Spondylolithesis)

Can the Hoover Dam survive the drought?

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Marijuana buds (Getty Images/Yuri Kriventsoff)

This ain’t your grandpa’s weed

Troy Farah
James Webb Telescope and Pillars of Creation (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/NASA)

Webb's stunning Pillars of Creation pic

Matthew Rozsa
Alpine Deglaciation (Getty Images / Andrea Toffaletti / 500px)

Melting glaciers may cause new pandemic

Matthew Rozsa
Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon (Getty Images)

Pinkwashing in October

Rachel Kraus - The Conversation
Voting booth against stormy sky (Getty Images/John M Lund Photography Inc)

Where the environment is on the ballot

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Primitive man in a cave (Getty Images/1971yes)

Neanderthals were carnivores after all

Matthew Rozsa
A view of the World Bank building October 5, 2000 in Washington, DC. The World Bank bank lends money to developing countries around the world. (Per-Anders Pettersson/ Getty Images)

World Bank breaks sustainability vow

Jessie Blaeser - Grist
Red fox cub with parent (Vulpes vulpes) (Getty Images/James Warwick)

How systemic racism hurts urban wildlife

Troy Farah
(Getty/MarioGuti)

NY plans 2035 gas-powered vehicle ban

Brett Marsh - Grist
Colorful sunset overlooking the Colorado River deep in the Grand Canyon (Dean Fikar/Getty Images)

Colorado River Basin wildlife threatened

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Portrait of Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization (Getty Images/mikroman6)

Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives

Rodney E. Rohde - The Conversation
Sperm (Getty Images/Irina Shatilova)

Male birth control options are coming

Christina Chung-Lun Wang - The Conversation
Coronavirus and the Brain (Getty Images/Amornrat Phuchom)

Schizophrenia, a new long COVID symptom

Troy Farah
A trans rights protester stands outside of Boston Childrens Hospital to face off with anti-trans protesters across the street. (Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Gruesome record for anti-trans violence

Matthew Rozsa
General view during the Global Climate Strike March on October 02, 2020 in Durban, South Africa. According to media reports, the group demanded that individuals and governments must take stronger action against the effects of climate change and the emittance of the greenhouse gas. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Climate anxiety is a worldwide thing

Kate Yoder - Grist
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

The oil industry has a talent vacuum

Kate Yoder - Grist
Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Troy Farah
Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

When do movements become cults?

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/George Frey)

Boy Scouts sell land in assault payouts

Jordan Gass-Poore’ - The Revelator
Heatwave hot sun (Getty Images/chuchart duangdaw)

Cities prepare for extreme heat

Christine Macdonald - The Revelator
Artist’s interpretation of the calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk. Shown in orange is the calcium-rich material created in the explosion. Purple coloring represents gas shedded by the star right before the explosion, which then produced bright X-ray emission when the material collided with the supernova shockwave. (Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern University)

Gamma ray pulse sweeps Earth

Matthew Rozsa
Smoke enveloping a man's head (Getty Images/davit85)

Does pot really make your memory worse?

Troy Farah
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