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Protesters leave a signed placard for the Indiana Governor on the doors of the Indiana Statehouse during the We Will Not Comply anti mask rally. People protest against both the Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsetts mask order and Indiana governor Eric Holcomb's extension of the state shutdown. The U.S. Department of Health recorded a total of 3,898,550 infections, 143,289 death and 1,802,338 recovered since the beginning of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A field guide to the pandemic-deniers

Sophia A. McClennen
Pumpjack at oil industry against cloudy sky during sunset in North Dakota, USA (Getty Images)

Oil and gas in flux

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Harvest Kitchen restaurant has extended its outdoor area by setting tables on the street for their customers as the city moves into phase two re-opening from the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York is on track for Phase 2 re-opening. (Ron Adar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The case for streets without cars

Jonathan Marvel
An Indian vendor puts a chicken in a cage at a poultry market in New Delhi on October 24, 2016. New Delhi zoo was temporarily closed after two birds died of bird flu, a month after India declared itself free of the disease. Most strains of bird flu do not usually infect humans, according to the World Health Organization. But the H5 strain of the virus -- found in the zoo's birds -- can cause fever, cough, sore throat, pneumonia, respiratory disease and sometimes death. / AFP / PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images) (Afp/getty Images)

Speeding up lines put workers at risk

Shayla Thompson - Civil Eats
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign's 'Build Back Better' clean energy economic plan. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

3 ways Biden plans to tackle climate

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Gas bubbling up from the ocean floor (Getty Images)

Antarctica's methane leak

Matthew Rozsa
Gray Reef Shark (Getty Images)

Sharks virtually extinct from reefs

Matthew Rozsa
Goosebumps on a young woman's arm (Getty Images)

Why humans get goosebumps

Matthew Rozsa
People enjoy the warm evening at Sundspromenaden in Malmo, Sweden, on May 26, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. - The sign reads 'In Malmo everything is near. But now, we need to keep distance'. (JOHAN NILSSON/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Sweden's alarming coronavirus death toll

Matthew Rozsa
Ultrasound pregnancy examination of a young woman in a Medical Clinic during COVID-19 outbreak (Getty Images)

Premature births down for unknown reason

Matthew Rozsa
Rachel Levine, MD, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

PA fair event mocks health secretary

Matthew Rozsa
Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth s atmosphere. These events, CMEs for short, are powerful releases of solar charged particles (plasma) and magnetic field, travelling on the solar wind. (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Could the sun cause earthquakes?

Matthew Rozsa
Oxford University | Vaccines (Getty Images/Salon)

More good news on Oxford's vaccine

Matthew Rozsa
A person washing a head of lettuce (Getty Images)

The threat of wash-proof Salmonella

Matthew Rozsa
Pesto Pasta (Getty Images)

Want to live longer? Pass the pasta

Matthew Rozsa
Cleaning up: On August 31, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced that the United States Air Force has started up an additional granular activated carbon filtration system to capture historic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination caused by the use of firefighting foam at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)

PFAS pollution may make COVID worse

Anna Robuck - Massive Science
Riot police blocking the entrance to I-195 during the demonstration (Adam DelGiudice/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Police are a public health crisis

Malaya Nordyke
Donald Trump | Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters (Getty Images/Salon)

COVID data shift leaves states in lurch

Alex Smith - KFF Health News
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Dan Morain
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders wants "Masks for All"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
David Bernhardt (Getty/Zach Gibson)

Backward law enforcement

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Workers in the hand sanitizer bottling process in AGE do Brasil factory on April 6, 2020, in Vinhedo, Brazil. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

The contaminated hand sanitizer risk

Nicole Karlis

Hospitals are short of young doctors

Dara Lind - ProPublica
Illuminati triangle on a dollar bill | COVID-19 (Getty Images/Salon)

Experts debunk COVID-19 conspiracies

Matthew Rozsa
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