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Fighting for a future: Young protesters at the Global Climate Strike in London on March 15, 2019. (Garry Knight/Flickr)

A year of resistance

Joe Curnow, Anjali Helferty - The Conversation
(George Frey/Getty Images)

Federal Toxmap shutters

Michael Schulson - Undark
Hurricane Irma seen striking Miami, Florida with 100+ mph winds and destructive storm surge, and "Building A Resilient Tomorrow" by Alice C. Hill & Leonardo Martinez-Diaz (Oxford University Press)

When will the US learn from disasters?

Alice C. Hill, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
"What Science Is and How It Really Works" by James C. Zimring (Cambridge University Press/Getty Images)

Why science is a social construct

James C. Zimring
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (AP/Seth Wenig)

Time running out to pass NY climate law

Rachel Ramirez - Grist
Giant sequoia redwood tree in Tuolumne Grove of Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley, California, 2016. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Does forest thinning save the redwoods?

Becki Robins - Undark
This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Soaking up oil spills

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Shot of a young woman getting massaged at a beauty spa (Getty Images)

The 2010s became the decade of self-care

Nicole Karlis
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Science: Sloppy gift wrapping is better

Erick M. Mas - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

How junk food shapes the teenage brain

Amy Reichelt - The Conversation
Intense flames driven by extreme drought conditions, wind and hot weather sweep over a remote section of the San Bernardino National Forest during the Blue Cut Fire on August 18, 2016 near Wrightwood, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Our decade of climate crisis

Steven Strader
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Dollars for doctors

Hannah Fresques - ProPublica
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(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Wildfire smoke is getting worse

Yvette Cabrera - Grist
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, attends a working lunch at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, June 28, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Problems getting cheaper Canadian drugs

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a Chinese boy cycles past cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China. Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said Wednesday, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) (AP)

Coal isn’t dying. It moved to Asia

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
A sad little brown dog (Alexander Kuzmin/Getty Images)

Puppies linked to rare infection strain

Nicole Karlis
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What would happen if the ACA went away?

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
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Downsides of brain-machine interfaces

Amy Nippert - Massive Science
A distressed harbor seal pup lays stranded in the sand in Laguna Beach, California (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

California coastal waters are acidifying

Nicole Karlis
(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

The dubious benefits of placenta-eating

Daniela Blei - Undark
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(AP Photo/Lasanthi Benedict)

Why are whales big, but not bigger?

Matthew Savoca, Jeremy Goldbogen, Nicholas Pyenson - The Conversation
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Does pollution poison the mind?

Hillel Aron - FairWarning
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Refocusing the battle against cancer

Kent Sepkowitz - Undark
(Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Tongass Roadless Rule under attack

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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