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Is dumpster-diving cutting down waste?

Kate Yoder - Grist
Corona virus close up wide shot in blood (Getty Images)

A virologist unpacks the lab leak theory

Matthew Rozsa
Yellow cab taxi drivers block traffic in a protest demanding debt forgiveness for cabbies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, in New York City on February 10, 2021. - New York City taxi cab drivers held a day of action calling for debt forgiveness for loss of income amid work shortage due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Labor horrified at end of mask mandate

Bob Hennelly
In this photo illustration, Nextdoor, the neighborhood app, is seen on a mobile phone on April 29, 2021 in New York City. Nextdoor is the app where you plug into the neighborhoods that matter to you. Neighbors turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, local businesses, and public agencies (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Nextdoor)

Dark sides of neighborhood watch apps

Rebecca McCarthy - Undark
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Massive black holes in nebula (Getty Images/ sakkmesterke)

Dark matter's "tethers" between galaxies

Nicole Karlis
Health officials carry a dead body of coronavirus (Covid-19) victim on a stretcher to container morgues by the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why counting COVID deaths is complicated

Ronald D. Fricker Jr. - The Conversation
Saguaro cactus blooming flowers (Margaret Kurzius-Spencer)

Saguaro cactus are flowering "wrong"

Matthew Rozsa
Couple with relationship difficulties sitting on sofa (Getty Images)

"Pandemic relationships" are ending

Nicole Karlis
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Close up of young woman getting online medical help and advice during videocall with doctor (Getty Images)

Is home the future of hospital care?

Julia Appleby - KFF Health News
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Scant evidence for "hidden tongue-ties"

Christina Szalinski - Undark
Electricity and Earthquakes (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why earthquakes send out electricity

Matthew Rozsa
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Gene therapy may offer hope for blind

Matthew Rozsa
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Angry Peacock (Getty Images)

Narcissism and aggression are linked

Nicole Karlis
Digital generated image of circular pattern made out of Syringes with COVID-19 vaccine targeting into coronavirus cell (Getty Images)

Disparities persist in vaccinations

Hannah Recht, Rachana Pradhan - KFF Health News
Repeated vials and syringes with covid-19 vaccine (Getty Images)

WHO chief decries vaccine inequality

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
People hold signs at a protest against masks, vaccines, and vaccine passports outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on March 13, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. To date, there has been over 534,000 deaths in the U.S. due to covid-19. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers turn on the vaccinated

Nicole Karlis
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Sperm Count | Ocean Pollution (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A new climate change–infertility link

Matthew Rozsa
The Moon and the Peloponnesian War (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How lunar eclipses changed history

Matthew Rozsa
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Racism derails Black men’s health

Virginia Anderson - KFF Health News
U.S. President Joe Biden stops to talk to the media after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden were traveling from Wilmington, Delaware, where they spent the weekend with family and friends. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Biden order tackles climate crisis

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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Baby in utero | Wildfires (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Climate crisis may cause stillbirths

Matthew Rozsa
Cannabis plant (Getty Images)

Stoner calls to poison control

Matthew Rozsa
An Aedes Aegypti mosquito (Afp/getty Images)

Why mosquitoes bite some and not others

Madelien Wooding, Yvette Naudé - The Conversation
Woman Holding Thermometer While Lying On Bed (Getty Images)

Living with long COVID

Meaghan Mulholland
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