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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
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-180313p1.html'>Brian A Jackson</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

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
(AP/Richard Drew)

Positive outlook amid global turmoil

Laurel Mellin - The Conversation
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Collision course over vehicle emissions

Meredith Hankins, Nicholas Bryner - The Conversation
(The Maui News, Matthew Thayer via AP, File)

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
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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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(Getty/Joe Raedle)

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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Did we nearly stop climate change?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
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The easy fix for sleep deprivation

Brandon Peters-Mathews - The Conversation
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Weaponized information targets minds

Richard Forno - The Conversation
Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, the alleged East Coast leader of MS-13, is lead by Drug Enforcement Administration officers. (AP/Drug Enforcement Administration)

How the US drug war fuels migration

Eunisses Hernandez, Norma Palacios
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Julia+Tsokur'>Julia Tsokur</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Move over, Bitcoin bros

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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"Dark money" swaying policy and voters

Jay Hancock - KFF Health News
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