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Close up of a Pfizer booster vaccine on the day that the vaccination campaign with Pfizer's third booster shot has started on October 6, 2021 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Patrick van Katwijk/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Phew: Third shot protects from omicron

Matthew Rozsa
United States crisis and a divided America (Getty Images/wildpixel)

U.S. polarized to the point of no return

Nicole Karlis
A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

Lower emissions, higher energy costs

Adam Mahoney - Grist
Covid-19 Omicron variant (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

Omicron partly evades vaccine immunity

Nicole Karlis
Older man dancing at a night club (Getty Images/Jose Luis Pelaez Inc)

My husband, 65, puts clubbing above me

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Marija Jovovic)

Demystifying the idea of consciousness

Emily Cataneo - Undark
A Person covering their ears with a pillow, who cannot sleep due to noise (Getty Images/choi dongsu)

Why gadgets scramble your sleep

Matthew Rozsa
Marko Novcic, 23, helps a couple pick out a Christmas Tree at North Pole Xmass Trees in Nashua, New Hampshire on November 21, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Christmas tree farms' eco-surprise

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty Images)

Toxic tides in California

Adam Mahoney - Grist
One lit light bulb among many unlit lightbulbs (Getty Images/Rulles)

Why efficiency can make you irrational

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Getty/bernie_photo)

COVID stress may affect babies' health

Paul Tullis - Undark
Back shoulder of a woman (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

The organ that makes us human

Matthew Rozsa
Young woman feeling bored while staying home for safety during a global pandemic (Getty Images)

The surprising science of boredom

Gail Cornwall
Aerial view of a deforested area in the municipality of Melgaco, Para State, Brazil, on July 30, 2020. (TARSO SARRAF/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon harm linked to fashion brands

María Paula Rubiano A. - Grist
Cigarettes are seen for sale in a deli February 20, 2007 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

How Big Tobacco taught Big Oil

Matthew Rozsa
Close-up of Living as a Bird by Vinciane Despret (Polity)

How birds see time differently than us

Matthew Rozsa
A nurse attends to a COVID-19 patient that is wearing a CPAP helmet while he is moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Pope John XXIII Hospital on April 7, 2020 in Bergamo, Italy. (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

Smell loss more common in older adults

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
A Covid-19 infected patient receiving medical oxygen for breathing comfortably seen inside a Covid care center of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) villages temporarily converted into a Covid-19 care facility. (Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Long Covid causing "tremors" in patients

Nicole Karlis
Scientists with surgical gloves holds two different Coronavirus of different color in the hand (Getty Images/Aitor Diago)

How contagious is omicron?

Suresh V. Kuchipudi - The Conversation
Virus Spores (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How viruses made life possible

Matthew Rozsa
Doctor holding a COVID-19 vaccine shot (Getty Images/franckreporter)

Does omicron mean we need a new vaccine?

Nicole Karlis
Model of Human Coronavirus, fractured (Getty Images/Alexandr Gnezdilov Light Painting)

What you need to know about omicron

Louis Jacobson - KFF Health News
Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Scrublands are replacing western forests

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
Covid-19 Omicron variant (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

The CDC says omicron is in the US

Matthew Rozsa
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