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Salon covers science and health news through investigations, insightful reporting, commentary and analysis.

"Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race" by Brian May and David J. Eicher; Earthrise (MIT Press/NASA)

"Earthrise" (and Apollo 8) turns 50

David J. Eicher, Brian May
Josh Gordon #10 of the New England Patriots (Getty/Maddie Meyer)

Star athletes redefining masculinity

Nicole Karlis
Caylyn Otto stands next to her son, Oliver, at the Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Born nearly seven weeks early, the baby is one of the youngest heart transplant recipients at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Doctors say Oliver, who was due Feb. 20, has been doing remarkably well post-transplant. At background left is his father, Chris Crawford. (AP Photo/Terry Tang) (AP)

No cash, no heart

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km). (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

NASA pays a visit to asteroid Bennu

Nicole Karlis
(AP/Achmad Ibrahim)

A planet in loss mode

Subhankar Banerjee - TomDispatch.com
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-84610p1.html'>Kzenon</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Beware of natural supplements

C. Michael White - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=4896915'>Matt_Brown</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Online shaming may make behavior worse

Brian Edward Kinghorn - The Conversation
(Pichugin Dmitry/Shutterstock)

Did Neanderthals make cave paintings?

Patty Hamrick
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-210661p1.html'>Andrey Myagkov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

One implant, two prices

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, file photo, the "Pink Star" diamond, the most valuable cut diamond ever offered at auction, is displayed by a model at a Sotheby's auction room in Hong Kong. The stunning 59.6 carat diamond has sold for HK$553 million or US$71.2 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, setting a record for any diamond or jewel. It's Also the highest price for any work ever sold at auction in Asia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Diamonds are forever

Joshua Wilhide, William LaCourse - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

A new vaccine for celiac disease

Bob Curley - Healthline
Neil deGrasse Tyson (AP/Frank Micelotta)

Tyson may be a MeToo villain. What now?

Eve Andrews - Grist
Mako sharks killed at the South Jersey Shark Tournament in June 2017. (Lewis Pugh/Independent Media Institute)

Consequence of shark fishing tournaments

Rick Stafford
This undated combination provided by Hologic shows an image taken using conventional mammography, left, and an image using a 3D mammography, right, with a tumor circled that wasn’t visible on the first image. A large study that was published Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that adding breast screening with 3D imaging to conventional digital mammograms is slightly better at finding cancer than regular scans alone, with fewer false alarms. (AP Photo/Courtesy Hologic) (AP)

Should some women get mammograms at 30?

Elizabeth Pratt - Healthline
Traffic on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near Los Angeles International Aiprort (Getty/Kevork Djansezian)

The EPA is making your gas mileage worse

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Getty/Nomad)

Women and healthcare discrimination

Nicole Karlis
(Shutterstock)

HHS shuts down HIV research

Jillian S. Ambroz - DCReport
Rick Snyder (AP/Al Goldis)

MI rehires doctor in Flint water crisis

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/steve_is_on_holiday)

Arctic Ocean not so arctic anymore

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Chris Post)

Opioids after surgery: Where do they go?

Brian Krans - Healthline
(AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth, File)

Curbing unhealthy gambling habits

Katherine Kam - KFF Health News
Arctic polar bear and cubs in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Getty/sarkophoto)

Arctic drilling: An ecocide of wildlife

Finis Dunaway - Truthout
A nurse prepares a flu shot. (AP/David Goldman)

Half of US adults still without flu shot

Nicole Karlis
This Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, displayed on a laptop computer screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Deadline for Obamacare sign up: Dec 15

Cathy Cassata - Healthline
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