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A leatherback turtle (Mark Dodd / Wildlife Resources Division, State of Georgia)

Trump reopens "longline" fishing

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Picture taken from the Apollo XI Lunar Module (LM) showing the flag of the United States and the footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin on the surface of the moon, 21 July 1969. (- / NASA / AFP)

Should "Moon history" be preserved?

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced that nearly 35,000 people signed up for health insurance during the first month of open enrollment, from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. State-run health insurance markets that offer taxpayer-subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s law are grappling with high costs and disappointing enrollment, challenges that could lead more of them to turn over functions to the federal government, or join forces with other states. With the pressure gone, "I think you are going to see a much more of a hybrid across the nation,' said Lee. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

CA restrains health insurance premiums

Barbara Feder Ostrov, Ana B. Ibarra - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Gas company appeals to NY customers

Justine Calma - Grist
(Getty/AlexStar)

DOJ tries new tricks to undo Obamacare

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
A volunteer of the NGO 'Canarias Libre de Plasticos' (Canary Islands free of plastics) carries out a collection of microplastics and mesoplastic debris to clean the Almaciga Beach, on the north coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife, on July 14, 2018. (Getty/DESIREE MARTIN)

Microplastics leaching into food systems

Nicole Karlis
Grimes (Getty/Jesse Grant)

Eye doctors discuss Grimes' surgery

Nicole Karlis
Bernie Sanders; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Getty/AP/Salon)

What does a "climate emergency" mean?

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
A power generating windmill towers above a nuclear power plant operated by Exelon on June 14, 2018 near Marseilles, Illinois (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The bright future for 100% clean energy

Glenn Daigon - WhoWhatWhy
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Center after the mission was aborted at the last minute at Sriharikota, in southern India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP/Manish Swarup)

India's plan to join moon club stalled

Nicole Karlis
Pallid sturgeon (L.G. Patterson/AP Photo)

Republicans want to end endangered fish

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, signed a plan to cut back on the use of water from the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

States buy time with Colorado River plan

Brad Udall, Douglas Kenney, John Fleck - The Conversation
A picture taken on July 4, 2019 shows bees collecting nectar on a sunflower in a field in Weisskirchen, Germany. (Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images)

Bees: Bugs you can't live without

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden (Getty/Scott Olson)

Biden ACA comment highlighted gaps

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
Skyline of Montreal, Canada, as seen from the Grande Roue De Montreal ferris wheel in the Old Port on July 2, 2018. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/Getty Images)

Your city may feel different in 30 years

Justine Calma - Grist
"Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis" by Benjamin J. Pauli (MIT Press/Getty/ognianm)

Flint water crisis radicalized locals

Benjamin J. Pauli
(Getty/Joe Raedle)

Does "natural deodorant" actually work?

Nicole Karlis
A volunteer hands out a poster as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was set to address a “Medicare for All” rally in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 (AP/Meg Kinnard)

What Medicare for All would look like

Shira Tarlo
(Getty/Bogdanhoda)

Why corporations can legally poison us

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file photo, a marijuana plant awaits judging in the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in Salem, Ore. (AP)

Misinformation on CBD: Life-threatening

Jonathan N. Stea, Tyler Marshall - The Conversation
A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in Maison-Alfort, on July 20, 2016 shows a tick, whose bite can transmit the Lyme disease. / AFP / BERTRAND GUAY/Getty Images) (Bertrand Guay/Getty Images)

Ticks spread more than Lyme disease

Jerome Goddard - The Conversation
(Skyhorse Publishing)

Counterfeit alcohol is a growing concern

Monica H. Swahn - The Conversation
Recovering potatoes for Food Forward. (Photo © Eron Rauch)

How LA's Food Forward combats food waste

Nadra Nittle - Civil Eats
(Getty/allanswart)

California overdue for major earthquake?

Richard Aster - The Conversation
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