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FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, a Chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville, Wash. Federal authorities want to add more hatchery-raised fish to the 28 Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

What would the salmon say?

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, a discarded syringe sits in the dirt with other debris under a highway overpass where drug users are known to congregate in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (AP)

How bankruptcy would affect Purdue

Nicolas Paul Terry - The Conversation
(Getty/kamil/Census)

The U.S.'s "GoFundMe-care"

Klaus Marre, DonkeyHotey - WhoWhatWhy
FILE - In this June 17, 2014, file photo, a shopper looks at an item in the dairy section of a Kroger grocery store in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Shutdown hardship for SNAP recipients

Orgul Demet Ozturk, Chad Cotti, John Gordanier - The Conversation
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(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Plastic is probably harming your health

Robin Scher - Independent Media Institute
Artist’s impression of `Oumuamua (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Why 'Oumuamua sped up as it flew by

Camille M. Carlisle - Sky & Telescope
This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015 shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle, center. Measles is considered one of the most infectious diseases known. The virus is spread through the air when someone infected coughs or sneezes. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cynthia Goldsmith) (AP)

Why measles broke out in N.Y.

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
(AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Hidden FDA report on medical devices

Christina Jewett - KFF Health News
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(AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (AP)

If the clouds disappear, we're screwed

Greta Moran - Grist
(Getty/Martin Dimitrov)

All alone with thousands of friends

Sharon Jayson - KFF Health News

A psychopath vs. a "shy-chopath"

John Edens - The Conversation
(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

Can viruses fight superbugs?

David Pride - The Conversation
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"How to Be Human in the Digital Economy" by Nicholas Agar (MIT Press)

Uber vs. Airbnb: divergent paths

Nicholas Agar
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Life gets better for HIV-positive

Nicole Karlis
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The danger of partnering with industry

Jonathan H. Marks - The Conversation
"CBD Every Day" by Hinchliffe Sandra and Stacey Kerr (Skyhorse Publishing/yavdat)

Yes, you can make CBD oil at home

Sandra Hinchliffe
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A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet

Allison Webel - The Conversation
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London patient: Don’t believe the hype

Eric Sawyer
A plane lands during sunrise at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Lufthansa pilots will continue their strike at least until Saturday. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP) (AP)

The case for permanent daylight savings

Steve Calandrillo - The Conversation
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FDA approves new drug for depression

Lee Hoffer - The Conversation
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Adjusting to losing 1 hour of sleep

Deepa Burman, Hiren Muzumdar - The Conversation
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US health cuts increase abortions

Yana Rodgers - The Conversation
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Scientists discover a new killer whale

Nicole Karlis
Scott Gottlieb (AP/Kathy Young)

FDA commissioner to resign next month

Nicole Karlis
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