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TO GO WITH: Mongolia-environment-rights-animal-lifestyle by Khaliun Bayartsogt This photo taken on September 18, 2015 shows Punsul Ganbat milking a reindeer at dawn in the East Taiga region in Khovsgol province, in northern Mongolia. For thousands of years Mongolia's Dukha ethnic minority - known as Tsaatan in Mongolian - have depended on their reindeer herds to survive the bitter winters, but now their nomadic way of life is threatened by new government restrictions introduced on environmental grounds, they say. AFP PHOTO / Greg BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

Conservation policies hurting herders

Nancy Langston, Kate Christen - The Conversation
(Getty/HAZEMMKAMAL)

"We vape, we vote"

Rachel Bluth, Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
Why Trust Science by Naomi Oreskes (Princeton University Press/Getty Images)

Can we still trust science? Mostly yes

Paul Rosenberg
(AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

How Google funds climate villains

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Kostenko+Maxim'>Kostenko Maxim</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Handing down your phone? Check this out

Angela Zimmerman - Common Sense Media
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Should I eat red meat?

Scott Lear - The Conversation
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Warren climate plan uses wildfire wisdom

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
(Shutterstock)

Hospitals enter the housing business

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
Humpback Whale parent and calf (Getty Images)

Shipping traffic is killing humpbacks

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators looking into the blast. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

A glimpse into the future?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Thanks to Trump, STDs hit a record high

Nicole Karlis
This image provided by the Illustris Collaboration in May 2014 shows light distribution of a massive cluster in a simulation of the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang. (AP Photo/Illustris Collaboration) (AP)

Nobel Prize for Big Bang breakthroughs

Robert T. Fisher - The Conversation
(AP Photo/John Antczak)

Millions threaten by rising sea-levels

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
(Getty/crankyT)

Over-the-counter or prescription?

Sarah Lynch - The Conversation
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Are conspiracy theories on the rise?

Liberty Vittert - The Conversation
FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (AP)

Trump country begs for clean water

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
A cosplayer dressed as The Joker attends the New York Comic Con at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for ReedPOP)

The entertainment–psychopathy connection

Nicole Karlis
In this June 26, 2019 photo, A sign leading out of downtown Bristol, Va., a city that straddles two states, Tenn. and Va., is seen. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)

Rural hospital closings is a crisis

Jane Bolin, Bree Watzak, Nancy Dickey - The Conversation
(Getty Images)

"Silly" science is still important

Molly Sargen - Massive Science
(Getty/Scott Olson)

Walmart steers workers towards doctors

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
Golden Hound and British short-haired cat (Getty Images/iStock)

In defense of siestas

Chris Idzikowski
(Getty/kosmos111)

Risks of genetically modified mosquitoes

Natalie Kofler, Françoise Baylis, Graham Dellaire, Landon J Getz - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

How the DEA made the opioid crisis worse

Shira Tarlo
(Getty/sturti)

Danger lurks in skin-lightening creams

Anna Almendrala - KFF Health News
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