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Bird Flu (Getty Images/Peter Garrard Beck)

Bird flu isn't as silent as we think

Carlyn Zwarenstein
9/30/1965 - Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam: A flight of four United States Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Viet Cong jungle position near here with a defoliating liquid. The four specially equipped aircraft cover a swath of more than 1,000 feet wide on each pass over the dense jungle. (Getty Images / Bettmann)

Vietnam still bears the scars of war

Pamela McElwee - The Conversation
A man who did not want to be identified holds up a sign while standing along Broadway as he joins hundreds of others during a large rally and protest outside of NOAA in Boulder, Colorado on March 3, 2025. (Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Trump proposal may gut climate modeling

Abrahm Lustgarten - ProPublica
Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, or screwworm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue. (Getty Images / Ramdan Fatoni)

The US could get screwed on screwworm

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Couple holding hands on the bed. (Getty Images / Maria Korneeva)

Psychedelics could fix your sex life

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A >5mm member of section Longisetae of the genus Mycena, so named for the long, hyaline spines (setae) which emanate from the pileus and stipe. Some members of this group are bioluminescent. (Danny Newman)

Secrets of Ecuador’s weird rare shrooms

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Scheme of parts of human brain with circuit board as brain anatomy. (Getty Images / Grafissimo)

Humans think — AI, not so much

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A dedicated female nurse supports a young autistic boy using sensory toys to enhance motor abilities. (Getty Images / Dusan Stankovic)

A misguided search for a cause of autism

Megan Roberts
Virus spore in an ice cube (Getty Images/Yingko)

Prepping for diseases from melting ice

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Golden-crowned Sparrow. (picaday / Getty Images)

"Drab" species are studied less: study

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Man with eyes closed standing in blurred light. (Addictive Stock / Getty Images)

Trippy breathwork isn't for everyone

Elizabeth Hlavinka
White blood cells, a stack of platelets and red blood cells revealed in the photomicrograph of a thick film Giemsa-stained blood smear sample, 1971. (Getty Images/Smith Collection/Gado)

Sexual identity is in all cells

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Wood frog (Getty Images/Auscape/Universal Images Group)

Animals that die and come back to life

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A woman running on a track (istock / Getty Images)

People are using cannabis as pre-workout

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Wedding reception for Ellen and Matthew Huxley, third and fourth from left, at the New School in New York, April 30, 1950. Also shown, from left: Ellen's parents; Maria Huxley and the author Aldous Huxley (far right). (Bettmann via Getty Images)

The acid trip too weird for the Huxleys

James Penner, Ed Prideaux
(Maryna Terletska/Getty Images)

Saving "cute" species: It's a start!

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Render of Planet Earth. (DrPixel / Getty Images)

NASA closer to predicting space weather

Elizabeth Howell
MMR vaccine. (SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Getting 2025's vaccine schedule right

Sue Peschin
A small town glows beneath a starry sky. (harpazo_hope / Getty Images)

Creatures of the night, unite

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his past comments on vaccine, was confirmed by the Senate 52 to 48. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How public health can survive RFK Jr.

Troy Farah
Satellite hurtling through space burning up as it enters the atmosphere. (PaulFleet / Getty Images)

Falling space debris: A growing threat

Joanna Thompson
A rooster is held in a cage on a farm on January 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The poultry industry as well as private flocks are suffering a health crisis as the bird flu continues to spread across the United States. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Factory farming's ticking time bomb

Michael Windsor
Diversity and inclusion. (designer491 / Getty Images)

Disability advocates fight DOGE cuts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump shredding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s EPA to stop greenhouse gas data

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica
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