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Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin. (Jorge Garcia/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Nature’s strangest real life vampires

Matthew Rozsa
Abortion rights protestors rally on July 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Abortion fight could win Pennsylvania

Nicole Karlis
Heavy rains and water from upstream India submerge homes in a village in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district, Bangladesh, on October 5, 2024. (Muhammad Amdad Hossain/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Climate goals are "miles" off target

Matthew Rozsa
A view of burned and destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital due to the Israeli attacks that continue in Gaza City, Gaza on April 1, 2024. (Abdulqader Sabbah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Gaza's collapsing public health system

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris embraces singer Beyoncé at a campaign rally on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

Harris pushing abortion as winning issue

Nicole Karlis
Lava erupts from the crater of a volcano near the mountain Litli-Hrútur, about 40 kilometers southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland. (Philipp Schulze/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Is climate change fueling volcanoes?

Matthew Rozsa
Firefighters watch as flames and smoke move through a valley in the Forest Ranch area of Butte County as the Park Fire continues to burn near Chico, California, on July 26, 2024. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate experts: this election matters

Matthew Rozsa
Man in white Halloween mask with red light (Getty Images)

Why people love to scare themselves

Sarah Kollat - The Conversation
Dead body covered in sheet in hospital (Getty Images/MediaProduction)

The complex ethics of unclaimed bodies

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The climate stakes of the 2024 election

Grist Staff - Grist
Boston, MA - May 7: Nichola Hill, an assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Boston. She studies infectious diseases, including bird flu. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Struggle to track human bird flu cases

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
Man speaking with doctor about concerns (Getty Images/Korrawin)

Penile fillers rising in popularity

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A drone image shows the dome of Tropicana Field which has been torn open due to Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia spread hurricane misinformation

Matthew Rozsa
Menstrual cup (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Can menstrual cups cause prolapse?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A hand holding a smartphone emanating flames. (rob dobi / Getty Images)

Are we misinformed about misinformation?

Sara Talpos - Undark
Colorful Plastic Bottle Caps 655465824 (Getty Images/Deanna Kelly)

Plastics industry’s desires for Trump

Lisa Song - ProPublica
A protester holds a placard up that says "Reproductive rights = Human rights" in Reno, Nevada on May 07, 2022. (Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Abortion's big impact on swing states

Nicole Karlis
A portrait of Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel can be seen on a banner on display at the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to a press conference to announce the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 1, 2018. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Nobel Prize winners endorse Harris

Matthew Rozsa
Students in a robotics class (Getty Images/skynesher)

How to ensure girls stay in STEM

Lesley Martinez-Aviles
Protesters hold pictures of jailed activists Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Roger Hallam during the demonstration in Parliament Square. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Imprisoned climate protester speaks out

Matthew Rozsa
Wildlife Monkey Portrait (Getty Images/4FR)

Wild animals can experience trauma too

Xochitl Ortiz Ross - The Conversation
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during an event with Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 in Coral Gables, Florida on October 21, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Will abortion backfire on DeSantis?

Nicole Karlis
Signs showing support for both Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump sit along a rural highway on September 26, 2024 near Traverse City, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Toxic chemical regs and the election

Teresa Carr - Undark
A protester is walking towards a wildfire started by a launched tear gas canister during a march as part of a rally against the construction of a giant water reservoir (mega-bassine) in Migne-Auxances, western France, on July 19, 2024. (Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Climate despair has never been higher

Matthew Rozsa
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