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Teenager holding a scale (Getty Images/Pablo Jeffs Munizaga - Fototrekking)

Why school anti-obesity policies failed

Amanda Salazar - Undark
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), adult, looking curiously from tree hollow. (Getty Images/Jurgen & Christine Sohns)

COVID is widespread in Virginia wildlife

Matthew Rozsa
Svalbard Global Seed Vault, seed vault. Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard on the island of Spitsbergen in the Spitsbergen archipelago. Arctic, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard. (Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Scientists want a seed vault on the Moon

Rae Hodge
Two young male elephants greet the dominant male who invites younger males to accompany and leave with him. (Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell & Tim Rodwell)

Elephant rumbles can be signs of bonding

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a reception celebrating Women’s History Month in the East Room of the White House on March 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris gives moms hope

Nicole Karlis
A wildlife biologist checking the wings of a Big Brown Bat for signs of White-nose Syndrome. (Getty Images/JasonOndreicka)

Hope treating a deadly disease in bats

Matthew Rozsa
Used surgical mask thrown on the sand of a beach (Getty Images/nito100)

Summer’s FLiRT COVID wave peaks

Nicole Karlis
Glass Of Wine (Gado/Getty Images)

Is "moderate" drinking healthy? Nope

Matthew Rozsa
Spectacular macro-invertebrate Red-lined Sea Cucumber Thelenota rubralineata in the shallow water near Moyo Island, Sumbawa, Indonesia. (Getty Images/ifish)

Sea cucumbers are a godsend for oceans

Matthew Rozsa
Group of chimpanzees grooming and playing at the Budongo Conservation Field Station in Uganda. (Phot by Adrian Soldati)

Yep, chimps interrupt each other too

Matthew Rozsa
Portrait of scientist with projected mathematical data (Getty Images/Monty Rakusen)

Is math objectively real?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Seagulls fly above as waves hammer the sea wall and blasted coastal homes with water and rocks in Winthrop, Massachusetts on March 14, 2023. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden plans $575M for coastal resilience

Matthew Rozsa
United States Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks about the Biden-Harris Administration's historic investments in climate action and continues her leadership on addressing the climate crisis, advancing environmental justice, and increasing access to capital in underserved communities and is joined by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan in Charlotte NC, United States on April 4, 2024. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Harris on climate: Better than Biden?

Matthew Rozsa
Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Chevron may undo reproductive care

Nicole Karlis
The logo of Frankfurt Airport is pictured at the airport In Frankfurt am Main. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate protest shuts Frankfurt airport

Matthew Rozsa
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida’s new 6-week abortion ban during an event at the Prime Osborn Convention Center on May 01, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Harris not afraid to stand for abortion

Nicole Karlis
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Louisiana reclassifies abortion drugs

Rosemary Westwood - KFF Health News
A man walks in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo where temperatures have topped 35 degrees Celsius on July 8, 2024. (PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Earth just had its two hottest days ever

Matthew Rozsa
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America copes with conspiracy theories

Nicole Karlis
Nurse taking blood to check sugar levels of a patient (Getty Images/Anchiy)

Diabetes and obesity can damage liver

Madona Azar - The Conversation
A large group of the invasive lanternfly on a tree of heaven in Pennsylvania, USA. (Getty Images/Michael J Romano)

Climate change bolsters invasive species

Matthew Rozsa
A painted bat (Kerivoula picta) roosting under Rhizophora stylosa leaf. (Wiki Media Commons/Abu Hamas)

Etsy should stop selling dead bats

Matthew Rozsa
Farmer moves her cows into a barn for their evening milking on April 25, 2017 near Cambridge, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Pinpointing bird flu mortality rate

Teresa Carr - Undark
The examination room in A Woman's Choice of Jacksonville clinic, which provides abortion care on April 30, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Technology enables abortion surveillance

Nicole Karlis
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