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Carl Chamberlain sanitizes a voting booth between voters inside a tent at a shopping center on the first day of in-person early voting on October 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early voting for the general election in the battleground state continues through October 30. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

How to stay safe when voting in person

Nicole Karlis, Matthew Rozsa
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

NASA craft grabs rocks from asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
Woman using tablet pc in bed (Getty Images)

How binge-watching affects your health

Nicole Karlis
Purdue Pharma headquarters stands in downtown Stamford, April 2, 2019 in Stamford, Connecticut. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, are facing hundreds of lawsuits across the country for the company's alleged role in the opioid epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans over the past 20 years. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Purdue pleads guilty in opioid case

Matthew Rozsa
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A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman at a rapid coronavirus testing station (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

How rapid tests could bring back normal

Nicole Karlis
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump lashes out at Fauci

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/vm)

Tracking COVID on campus is a nightmare

Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
Full-Sky Map Of Cosmic Background Radiation, A Full-Sky Map Produced By The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (Wmap) Showing Cosmic Background Radiation, A Very Uniform Glow Of Microwaves Emitted By The Infant Universe More Than 13 Billion Years Ago. (Getty Images)

What are "leftover" black holes?

Matthew Rozsa
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Medical syringe is seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Americans will pay twice for a vaccine

Charlotte Kilpatrick
Joe Biden and Barack Obama (Getty Images/Salon)

Voters prefer Biden's health care plan

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
U.S. President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Masculinity's threat to public health

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Cloudtail_the_Snow_Leopard)

Will Colorado bring back wolves?

Rebecca Niemiec, Kevin Crooks - The Conversation
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Donald Trump | CDC Headquarters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Inside the fall of the CDC

James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella, Kirsten Berg - ProPublica
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a presidential ‘pardon’ to the National Thanksgiving Turkey Butter during the traditional event with first lady Melania Trump (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House November 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. The turkey pardon was made official in 1989 under former President George H.W. Bush, who was continuing an informal tradition started by President Harry Truman in 1947. Following the presidential pardon, the 47-pound turkey which was raised by farmer Wellie Jackson of Clinton, North Carolina, will reside at his new home, 'Gobbler's Rest,' at Virginia Tech. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Farmers have long memories

Judith Lewis Mernit - Capital & Main
U.S. Republican Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst speaks to the press after the Republican weekly policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, DC on May 14, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

4 races that may determine climate leg.

Shannon Osaka - Grist
A staffer wearing a protective mask prepares cocktails for patrons at O'Neill's Irish Pub in Praça 5 de Outubro on August 23, 2020 in Cascais, Portugal. (Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Is the pandemic making us drink more?

Nicole Karlis
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Donald Trump | Wildfires in California | Trump rally in Nevada (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump denies Calif. disaster aid request

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Anthony Fauci | Vaccine Vials (Salon/Getty Images)

Fauci plays key role in vaccine studies

Isaac Arnsdorf, Caroline Chen, Ryan Gabrielson - ProPublica
Fans wearing masks enter the game between the Lafayette Jefferson Broncos and West Lafayette Red Devils at Lafayette Jefferson High School on August 21, 2020 in Lafayette, Indiana. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

Booming mask vendors want COVID over too

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
Workers at a high school check the temperature to a student before she enters to attend classes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 13, 2020 amid the virus lockdown against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)

Do temperature checks even work?

Nicole Karlis
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Group of friends meeting in the city wearing protective face masks (Getty Images)

Not even Thanksgiving is safe: CDC

Matthew Rozsa
Mark Zuckerberg | Anti-Vax protester (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facebook's soft ban on anti-vax content

Nicole Karlis
A needle is placed in the blood and plasma donation centre of the Institute for Transfusion Medicine Suhl. The Minister of Health has called on the Thuringians to donate blood. With the return of hospitals to regular operations, the need is also increasing again, she said. (Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Human arm is "evolving," scientists say

Matthew Rozsa
Patients and staff test positive for coronavirus at nursing homes (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

L.A. County's nursing home debacle

Dan Ross - Capital & Main
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