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Science: Sloppy gift wrapping is better

Erick M. Mas - The Conversation
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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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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
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The dubious benefits of placenta-eating

Daniela Blei - Undark
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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
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Tongass Roadless Rule under attack

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the Fridays For Future Denver Climate Strike on October 11, 2019 at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of protesters attended the event which was sparked by Thunberg's #FridaysForFuture movement. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

A new era of optimism

Roberto Simanowski
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Exxon wins climate lawsuit in New York

Miyo McGinn - Grist
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Organic label doesn’t mean happy animals

Michael Haedicke - The Conversation
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Move over, peak oil

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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DNA tests are fun, but beware the hype

Michael Mackley - The Conversation
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The unproven promise of Babylon Health

Jeremy Hsu - Undark
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Super rats or sickly rodents?

Jonathan Richardson - The Conversation
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NY’s suicide rate is the lowest in US

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
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