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A flooded street after Hurricane Sandy. (Getty/jonathansloane)

Climate change's public health crisis

Nicole Karlis
(Salon/Benjamin Wheelock)

Trump appeals to “fragile masculinity"

BRAD REED - Raw Story
The rare white-letter hairstreak butterfly was spotted in Scotland for the first time since 1884. (Ian Kirk/Wikipedia)

Climate change: A double-edged sword

Lucy Goodchild van Hilten - Independent Media Institute
(Getty/HRAUN)

Women want more at-home abortion access

M. Antonia Biggs, Daniel Grossman
(Getty/bernie_photo)

The ABCs of safe baby sleep

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA's InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

What is InSight doing on Mars?

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/PhonlamaiPhoto)

Fake science is just as bad as fake news

Chris Impey
In this Jan. 31, 2017 photo, a pedestrian passes the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees building in Utica, N.Y. Utica has been a refugee "oasis" for decades. Vietnamese, Bosnians, Somalians and Burmese have each found shelter in the city that has benefited from the infusion of house-proud residents who work in hospitals, factories and their own businesses. But now President Donald Trump's executive order crimping the flow of refugees has sent a shudder through the city in upstate New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (AP)

Tribes have climate wisdom

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=391786'>PinkTag</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Gratitude makes the brain charitable

Christina Karns - The Conversation
This Thursday, April 2, 2015 photo shows an evidence bag from a sexual assault case in the biology lab at the Houston Forensic Science Center in Houston. Legislators in more than 20 states are considering _ and in some cases, passing _ laws that include auditing all kits and deadlines for submitting and processing DNA evidence. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (AP)

Putting a dent in the rape kit backlog

Jenny Morber - Undark
(Getty/GomezDavid)

Did FDA rollbacks cause lettuce scare?

Nicole Karlis
(Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Fewer rules mean bigger profits

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
(Getty/rajeshbac)

Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars

David Weintraub - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rats and roaches pass HUD inspections

Molly Parker - ProPublica
(Getty/Nicolas Asfouri)

Don't worry about your navigation skills

Jennifer Bernstein - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/nito'>nito</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Check your medical records for errors

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Single-package plastic public enemy No.1

Sylvain Charlebois - The Conversation
(Shutterstock/science photo)

How Aspirin can reduce HIV infections

Colin Graydon, Monika Kowatsch - The Conversation
Firefighters try to save a building as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 8, 2018 in Paradise, California (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

California wildfire displaces seniors

Brian Rinker - KFF Health News
Ryan Zinke (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Call it Teapot Dome 2.0

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(Getty/RomoloTavani)

Family planning and a sustainable future

Robert Engelman - Independent Media Institute
The Baga Solo refugee camp near the shore of Lake Chad Wednesday March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Grappling with the guinea worm

Jordan Schermerhorn - Undark
Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Climate change is destroying our lakes

Matthew McCandless
(Wikimedia Commons)

Oregon challenges insanity laws

Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise - ProPublica
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