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Devices have become our safety blankets

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain
Supporters cheer for Donald Trump as he speaks at a rally. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Why QAnon followers believe

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Scared of "hothouse Earth"? Do something

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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Loneliness is a political problem, too

David Masciotra
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (AP/NASA)

NASA probe to "kiss the sun"

Keith A. Spencer
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. House Republican leaders want to shift more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs from upstate counties to the New York State government. The provision would help mostly Republican-controlled counties that have struggled to subsidize Medicaid payments for the poor. New York City wouldn’t get the same relief. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

What Chris Collins may have overshared

Jay Hancock, Emily Kopp, Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
Flood water surround homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Who stays dry and who decides?

Lisa Song, Patrick Michels, Al Shaw - ProPublica
A man walks past a house laying in flood water in Catano town, in Juana Matos, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria (Getty/Hector Retamal)

Medicaid cutbacks in Puerto Rico

Sarah Varney, Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
Plaintiff DeWayne Johnson, at the Monsanto trial in San Francisco, July, 9, 2018. (AP/Josh Edelson)

Monsanto lawsuit may set precedent

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Big Pharma's Déjà voodoo

Jay Hancock, Sarah Jane Tribble - KFF Health News
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The infantilization of Western culture

Simon Gottschalk - The Conversation
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The lifesaving power of gratitude

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
Artist's conception of SIMP J01365663+0933473, an object with 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter, but a magnetic field 200 times more powerful than Jupiter's. This object is 20 light-years from Earth. (Chuck Carter, NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Rogue planet lurks in Earth's 'hood

Nicole Stock
Firefighters battle a wildfire in Santa Paula, California, December 5, 2017 (Getty/Ringo Chiu)

5 questions answered about firefighting

Michael Kodas - The Conversation
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Trump's answer to short-term health plan

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
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Positive outlook amid global turmoil

Laurel Mellin - The Conversation
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Collision course over vehicle emissions

Meredith Hankins, Nicholas Bryner - The Conversation
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Do GMOs really harm the environment?

Marco Giovannetti
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Global warming: time to start panicking

Matthew Rozsa
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

What is genetic modification?

Jackie Grimm
(Getty Images)

How mediums can help with grief

Stéphane Allix
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Mental health and graduate students

Meghan Duffy, Carly Thanhouser, Daniel Eisenberg - The Conversation
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Heat regulations for workers?

Sarah Okeson
Firefighters battle a wildfire in Santa Paula, California, December 5, 2017 (Getty/Ringo Chiu)

Trump slash fire science funding

Randy Lee Loftis - Reveal
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