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An orca near Catalina Island, Calif., Dec. 12, 1999. (AP)

Orca carries dead calf for 10 days

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Overdoses don't happen just to heroin addicts _ patients who legally use strong painkillers called opioids are at risk in the nation’s epidemic, too. A new study says when patients were prescribed an overdose antidote along with those medications, they made fewer painkiller-related visits to the emergency room. The study released on June 27, 2016, went a step further _ to see if the take-home antidote idea also could work for patients with chronic pain who may not realize they could accidentally get into trouble with prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin, Vicodin and others. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (AP)

Cashing in on OxyContin's dangers

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News
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Study: Tech may be giving kids ADHD

Nicole Stock
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCaskill is warning her party it could be politically dangerous to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

How to save a choking senator

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
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FILE - In this March 10, 2006 file photo, Ohio coal miners head into the mine for a shift inside the Hopedale Mine near Cadiz, Ohio. An election-year bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for more than 100,000 retired coal miners is dividing coal-state Republicans. Thousands of miners are expected to gather at the Capitol to push for the measure, which they describe as life-saving and fulfilling a promise the government made in 1946. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File) (AP)

The return of black lung

Sarah Lahm - In These Times
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When a hospital is sold to a corporation

Steven Findlay - KFF Health News
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Climate change is here

Eric Holthaus - Grist
(FBI/Salon)

Facial recognition needs regulations

William Michael Carter - The Conversation
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The global rise in stimulant usage

Nicole Stock
((AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File))

It's time everyone had Medicare

Nancy Altman - Independent Media Institute
In this June 15, 2014 photo, a polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey, Brian Battaile)

Climate change has a new symbol

Shannon Osaka - Grist
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Struggling for medical equipment

Jocelyn Wiener - KFF Health News
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(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

What’s the value of a clean beach?

Timothy Haab - The Conversation
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What is a hallucinogen?

Benjamin Bell
Elizabeth Warren (AP/Elise Amendola)

Why a DNA test won't prove anything

Andrew Lawler
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Star swings around black hole

Camille M. Carlisle - Sky & Telescope
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"Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart" by Mimi Swartz (Penguin Random House/Getty)

Is the heart "more than a pump"?

Nicole Karlis
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-78238p1.html'>Nejron Photo</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-463675p1.html'>Fotokostic</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

How plant pathogens are like hackers

John Herlihy - The Conversation
Jim Carrey; Jenny McCarthy; Rob Schneider (AP/Charles Sykes/Jordan Strauss/Richard Shotwell)

The worst celebrity pseudoscience

Paul Offit
(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Identifying gray wolves by their howls

Angela Dassow - The Conversation
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New post-incarceration punishments

Willie Dwayne Francois - Civil Eats
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Science behind your kid's tech obsession

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
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Worker's rights and climate change

Michael Arria - In These Times
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Brain stimulation for violent criminals?

Nicole Stock
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