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Man measuring his neck (Getty Images/RobertoDavid)

Neck thickness is overlooked in health

Matthew Rozsa
National Secretary of Europe Ecologie Les Verts, Marine Tondelier, addresses a speech on stage at a rally following the announcement of the results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections at Place de la Republique in Paris on June 30, 2024. (Adnan Farzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

French elections win for climate science

Rae Hodge
Father packing daughters backpacks for school (Getty Images/MoMo Productions)

Modern dads help out more. Is it enough?

Nicole Karlis
Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star (Getty Images/Love Employee)

Did astronomers see alien Dyson spheres?

Matthew Rozsa
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Tampons (Megan Madden / Refinery29 for Getty Images)

Study: Tampons contain toxic metals

Rae Hodge
A person shields themself from the sun with an umbrella as people visit Domino Park in Brooklyn, New York, as a heat wave hits the northeast US on June 18, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

How to survive a heat wave on low income

Gautama Mehta - Grist
Demonstrators marching through downtown advocating for a woman's right to an abortion stop to protest in front of a Walgreen's store on March 08, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Abortion funds are running out of money

Nicole Karlis
Oasis Valley speckled dace (Photo by Bureau of Land Management)

Gold mines threaten rare desert fish

Matthew Rozsa
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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977. (NASA)

Behind Voyager 1's near-death experience

Matthew Rozsa
In this photo illustration, a medical syringe is displayed on a screen, and the logo of Moderna in the background. (Photo Illustration by Nikos Pekiaridis/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Bird flu vaccines in development

Matthew Rozsa
A man in the metro wears a medical mask for protection in Istanbul on February 3, 2024. (ILKER ERAY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Is the COVID summer wave here?

Troy Farah
John Cangialosi, Senior Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center, inspects a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season, at the National Hurricane Center on July 01, 2024 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Beryl fueled by climate change

Matthew Rozsa
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A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

SCOTUS abortion ruling sowing confusion

Nicole Karlis
Lab Mouse (Getty Images/JacobStudio)

Nanorobots kill cancer cells in mice

Matthew Rozsa
Senate wing of the United States Capitol building (Getty Images/OGphoto)

Federal science funding at record lows

Chris Impey - The Conversation
Doctor taking patient blood pressure in hospital examination room. (Getty Images/Kobus Louw)

Unbalanced microbiome may cause diabetes

Matthew Rozsa
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A small river meanders through the Amazon rainforest. The world's largest tropical rainforest is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers. (Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mass extinction: A choice we can reverse

Matthew Rozsa
Rose Floating In The Sea (Getty Images/Fernando Trabanco Fotografía)

Why do we pathologize and "cure" grief?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC on May 25, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS ruling erodes agency power

Matthew Rozsa
Police car speeding through traffic at night time (Getty Images/TheaDesign)

When police shootings don’t kill

Rod McCullom - Undark
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To signal its territory to the neighboring group, the indri launches a long complaint which can be heard for several kilometers. (JOUAN/RIUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Lemur songs point to evolution of music

Matthew Rozsa
US President George W. Bush walks off the stage after speaking on climate change during a Major Economies Meeting on energy, security and climate change at the State Department in Washington, DC, 28 September 2007. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Failure to curb CO2 repeating history

Matthew Rozsa
Pregnant woman being cared for inside ambulance (Getty Images/xavierarnau)

SCOTUS dismisses Idaho abortion case

Nicole Karlis
Empty Medical Incubator (Getty Images/Capuski)

Infant deaths spiked after abortion bans

Troy Farah
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