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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
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Did FDA rollbacks cause lettuce scare?

Nicole Karlis
(Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Fewer rules mean bigger profits

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
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Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars

David Weintraub - The Conversation
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Rats and roaches pass HUD inspections

Molly Parker - ProPublica
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Don't worry about your navigation skills

Jennifer Bernstein - The Conversation
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Check your medical records for errors

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
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Single-package plastic public enemy No.1

Sylvain Charlebois - The Conversation
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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
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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
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Oregon challenges insanity laws

Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise - ProPublica
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Hospitals playing on fear and fun

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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Why you should get your vaccines

Joel Michael Reynolds - The Conversation
"Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are" by Robert Plomin (MIT Press/Getty/Firstsignal)

Why DNA molds you more than parenting

Robert Plomin
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, file photo, cousins Stacy Levine, left, and Melissa Bragg shop at a Toys R Us store in Atlanta on Black Friday. ((Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File))

Throwing punches over bargains?

Colleen P. Kirk - The Conversation
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Flock of wild turkeys crossing the street in California. (Getty/slobo)

Wild turkeys find new home in California

Nicole Karlis
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Don’t invite illness to your table

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
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Food waste makes soil healthier

Matthew Wallenstein, Cynthia Kallenbach, Peter Olayemi - The Conversation
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Drop the "no gender" utopia

Sky Gilbert - The Conversation
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