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Nancy Pelosi; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Trump & Dems agree on lower drug prices

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Protestors hold placards as they march during a Rise for the Climate demonstration in Brussels, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Climate change makes the rich richer

Molly Enking - Grist
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Joe Biden is the odd man out over pot

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
This photo made available by NASA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 shows the InSight lander's domed wind and thermal shield which covers a seismometer on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. On Tuesday, the space agency announced the instrument picked up a gentle rumble, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Marsquakes shake the red planet

Nicole Karlis
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FILE - In this May 23, 1944 file photo, the organism treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis, is seen through an electron microscope. Las Vegas is experiencing a syphilis outbreak, as health officials warn of a national spike in cases that some are tying to increased testing, as well as the prevalence of anonymous sex through social media and a less consistent use of condoms. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Health safety net fails to stop syphilis

Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
(Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tone It Up)

Dentists say kombucha is ruining teeth

Nicole Karlis
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Earth Day isn't what it used to be

Kate Yoder - Grist
Plastic garbage lying on the Aegean sea beach near Athens on June 26, 2018 , Greece. (Getty/Milos Bicanski)

How plastic is destroying Earth

Nicole Karlis
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A single-dose of the measles-mumps-rubella virus vaccine (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Record year for measles cases, CDC says

Shira Tarlo
Alan Turing (Wikimedia)

Science must do better for LGBTQ+

Lila Leatherman - Massive Science
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No verdict yet on crumb rubber fields

Marjie Lundstrom - FairWarning
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How to avert a sixth mass extinction

Greg Asner - The Conversation
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"Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature" by Jordan Fisher Smith (Penguin Random House/Getty/VirtualVV)

The most contested land in the US

Jordan Fisher Smith
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The planet is the patient now

Kinari Webb, Courtney Howard
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Female parakeets want brainy mates

Therese Koch - Massive Science
(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) (AP)

Metcalfe hits dead ends on agriculture

Kevin Pels - Massive Science
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Planned parenthood’s public image

Shefali Luthra, Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
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Workplace wellness programs don't work

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
An illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) which found the Earth-sized planet HD 21749c. (NASA via AP)

TESS finds its first Earth-sized planet

Nicole Karlis
Marlboro cigarettes are displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP)

Tobacco companies cough up $9 billion

Charles Betley - The Conversation
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Fundamentalism and brain damage linked

Bobby Azarian - Raw Story
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How nonviolence changed our faces

Keith A. Spencer
Measles, mumps and rubella vaccines sit in a cooler at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., March 27, 2019. (AP/Seth Wenig)

CDC reports 90 measles cases in one week

Matthew Rozsa
"American Hemp" by Jen Hobbs (Simon & Schuster/Getty/johnwoodcock)

Hemp is our "Green New Deal"

Jen Hobbs
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