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Faisal Marwan, left, who was injured in Wednesday's earthquake, stands on the ruins of his shop as police officers clear the rubble in Tringgading, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Over a hundred of people were killed in the quake that hit the northeast of the province on Sumatra before dawn Wednesday. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands buildings destroyed or heavily damaged. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (AP)

The devastation of Indonesia

Jennifer Nourse - The Conversation
((AP Photo/John Locher)

Why is it fun to be frightened?

Margee Kerr - The Conversation
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How to discover a new drug

Donald R. Kirsch, Ogi Ogas
Young boys ride a bike through the Indian Hills East Colonia near Alamo, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

Youth poverty at the border

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser - The Conversation
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The brain of a Trump loyalist

Bobby Azarian - Raw Story
A boat sits amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/ (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Michael is an omen

Nicole Karlis
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Breakthroughs in same-sex reproduction

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/JamesBrey)

Our fertilizer is killing us

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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A section of collapsed road after Hurricane Maria, October 7, 2017 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Maria worsens uncertainty for PR's kids

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. (NOAA via AP)

UN report shows civilization is at stake

Eric Holthaus - Grist
Embers fly above a firefighter as he works to control a backfire as the Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2018. (AP/Noah Berger)

How climate change impacts mental health

Nicole Karlis
(AP/Luca Bruno)

Scientists: Act on climate now

Nicole Karlis
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(AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Volcanoes are erupting all over the news

Laura Carter
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Why most history is wrong

Alex Rosenberg
(Getty/vm)

Violence against ER staffers on the rise

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

DOE props up coal, nuclear power

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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Answers to your screen-time questions

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
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A traumatic memory can be hard to shake

Jacek Debiec - The Conversation
FILE--In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, different strains of marijuana are displayed in West Salem Cannabis, a marijuana shop in Salem, Ore. (P Photo/Andrew Selsky, fileAP)

Eat, toke or vape

Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
(AP/Matt Rourke)

Mistrial declared in J&J cancer case

Myron Levin - FairWarning
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This Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, shows a section of the Dakota Access Pipeline under construction near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

Energy board rushes giant Alaska project

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
In this May 22, 2014 photo, coffee beans harvested last year are stored at a coffee plantation in Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala. The region’s thousands of coffee farmers grow the smooth-flavored, aromatic Arabica beans enjoyed by coffee lovers around the world. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (AP)

Coffee is destroying the environment

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner - Independent Media Institute
Computer-generated representation of Naegleria fowleri in its ameboid trophozoite stage, in its flagellated stage, and in its cyst stage. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Brain-eating amoeba takes another life

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/vm)

Is the hospital overcharging you?

Stephanie Booth - Healthline
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