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A man waves a QAnon conspiracy flag at a protest of coronavirus skeptics, right-wing extremists and others angry over coronavirus-related restrictions and government policy on August 29, 2020 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

How QAnon warps reality

Nicole Karlis
The U.S. Army Engineers who are installing a portable nuclear power plant shown as they move the vaper condenser, a component of plant, into the power plant, circa 1960. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

The Army's nuclear power experiment

Paul Bierman - The Conversation
Couple laughing together on couch (Jamie Grill/Getty Images)

Are "love languages" bulls**t?

Nicole Karlis
Deforestation | Bare store shelves (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Bloomberg Creative/ Alan Powdrill)

Climate change is ruining supply chains

Matthew Rozsa
Nurse giving flu vaccine to a senior patient (Getty Images)

"Wisdom" leads seniors to COVID vaccines

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
COVID-19 delta variant (Getty Images/Koto_Feja)

Delta variant is a "mystery in progress"

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus COVID-19 (Getty Images)

The lambda strain may be the next delta

Matthew Rozsa
Pro-choice protest. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

What abortion requires in the South

Sarah Varney - KFF Health News
Old computer hard drives await shipment for metal recovery at a recycling facility. (David Friedman/Getty Images)

Can you recycle a hard drive?

Maddie Stone - Grist
Two women with protective face masks on sitting on park bench with social distance between. (Getty Images)

Is outside no longer safe from COVID?

Nicole Karlis
Emily Oster | Parenting (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Rachel Hulin)

Why "data parenting" stokes controversy

Gail Cornwall
British-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell PLC sign , commonly known as Shell (Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Shell sponsors museum exhibit on climate

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
(Getty/acilo)

House Republicans on climate change

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Female doctor giving covid-19 vaccine to a toddler (Roberto Jimenez Mejias/Getty Images)

The timeline to a COVID vaccine for kids

Nicole Karlis
Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef outside Cairns Australia during a mass bleaching event, thought to have been caused by heat stress due to warmer water temperatures as a result of global climate change. (Getty Images/Brett Monroe Garner)

"Climate change" polarizes conservatives

Kate Yoder - Grist
Doing a COVID test in full PPE wear at a senior's home (Getty Images)

Fact check on CDC PCR test

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
Gossiping Malamutes (Getty Images)

Your dog has a secret life

Matthew Rozsa
Kashmiri women journalists hold placards as they protest against the continued communication blockade by the Indian authorities after the revocation of special status of Kashmir on Oct. 3, 2019 in Srinagar. (Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

Impact of internet shutdowns in India

Shonottra Kumar, Sumeysh Srivastava - Undark
Snake Wines & Liquors (Getty Images/Andy Krakovski)

The false promise of snake wine

Dawn Starin - Geographical
Excessive Drinking (Getty Images/Katarzyna Bialasiewicz)

The epidemic of diseases of despair

Matthew Rozsa
Medicine pills are seen with Pfizer logo displayed on a screen in the background (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pfizer wants to legalize "kickbacks"

Jay Hancock - KFF Health News
Dr. Walter Freeman performs a lobotomy using an instrument like an ice pick which he invented for the procedure. Inserting the instrument under the upper eyelid of the patient, Dr. Freeman cuts nerve connections in the front part of the brain. (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

Book review: When scientists break bad

Elizabeth Svoboda - Undark
People commuting in the city wearing face masks (Getty Images/Luis Alvarez)

How does the pandemic end now?

Nicole Karlis
Scary Doctor (Getty Images/Doughberry)

Beware the medical-industrial complex

Matthew Rozsa
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