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Raising a happy kid in the digital age

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
Stephen Hawking (Getty/Bruno Vincent)

Hawking's voice projected to black hole

Natalie Parker
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When did humans first learn to count?

Peter Schumer - The Conversation
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Abortion is safe: Does the public know?

Amanda Marcotte
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Helicopters fly through pollution over the Canary Wharf business district through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain at 309.6 metres, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Eight London boroughs issued high pollution warnings Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (AP)

Air pollution's impact on public health

Ploy Pattanun Achakulwisut, Loretta Mickley, Susan Anenberg - The Conversation
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Martian dust storm may doom NASA rover

Keith A. Spencer
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Trump's contempt for coal country

Amanda Marcotte
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The big problem with so much asphalt

Greta Jochem - Grist
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When does hungry become hangry?

Jennifer MacCormack - The Conversation
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FDA playing catch-up in e-cig business

Angus Chen - FairWarning
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Ethics of euthanizing your pet

Bernard Rollin - The Conversation
The New Horizons spacecraft is headed towards an object nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

Probing the history of the solar system

Nicole Karlis
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Fred Rogers as he rehearses the opening of his PBS show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" during a taping. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Mister Rogers is good for your health

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Marijuana, Trump and a Colorado governor

Matthew Rozsa
A fisherman drives a boat near Ilulissat, Greenland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

Historic sites effected by climate

Patty Hamrick
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Pregnancy and depression

Tiffany Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt - The Conversation
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Growing against the grain

Dakota Kim - Civil Eats
The skeleton of a prehistoric Spinosaurus at Drouot Montaigne auction house in Paris, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP/Francois Mori)

The fossil hunter who changed history

Jerald Pinson
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How sick patients are left in limbo

Jonel Aleccia - KFF Health News
Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building after Hurricane Sandy. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Why we're bad at planning for disasters

George Michelsen Foy
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How to talk to your kids about swearing

Sierra Filucci - Common Sense Media
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Why long-term separation can harm kids

David Rosenberg - The Conversation
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Millennials are the most fit generation

Nicole Karlis
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Why you like certain foods, per science

Valerio Farris - Food52
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