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Diversity and inclusion. (designer491 / Getty Images)

Disability advocates fight DOGE cuts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump shredding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s EPA to stop greenhouse gas data

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff in "The White Lotus" and a Cerbera odollam tree (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jouan/Rius / Gamma-Rapho / Fabio Lovino/HBO)

The truth of deadly "White Lotus" fruit

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Group of giraffe standing on grass. (Fiona / FOAP / Getty Images)

Giraffes promote peace in Kenya

Laurel Neme - The Revelator
Coronavirus crisis volunteer Rhiannon Navin greets local residents arriving to a food distribution center at the WestCop community center on March 18, 2020 in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle has been a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Now is the time for a COVID-19 synthesis

C. Brandon Ogbunu - Undark
Embers fall around a photographer as the Creek Fire rapidly expands on September 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Trump fires workers who fight wildfires

Mark Olalde - ProPublica
Bottles of the generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Pregnant, in jail and denied treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Two friends chatting and looking at phone in a gym. (Anchiy / Getty Images)

"Bigorexia" is often unrecognized in men

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Illustration of vapour plumes erupting from the surface of Enceladus, Saturns sixth largest moon, created on July 26, 2018. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Antarctic ice informs search for aliens

Elizabeth Howell
Seine et Marne on march the 6th 2021 at night. Taurus constellation. On this image we can see the effect of the movements of artificial satellites through the sky. On the left we can see the planet Mars, on the right the famous stars cluster the Pleiades (M45). From the bottom right the luminous trail of the satellite STARLINK-1269, and from the top the luminous trail of the satellite STARLINK-1577. (Christophe Lehenaff / Getty Images)

Satellites are censoring the stars

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

NOAA cuts pose climate risk experts warn

Joshua Cohen - Undark
Donald Trump silhouette over COVID-19 spores (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s cruel calculus on public health

Claire Zagorski, Chad Sabora
People with symptoms of long Covid sit in the audience as they listen during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing titled "Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care" on Capitol Hill January 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on long Covid research and patient care. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump abandons long COVID patients again

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A footprint left on the surface of the moon by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts during their historic lunar EVA, 20th July 1969. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

Moon dust poses problem for astronauts

Elizabeth Howell
Chatbot, artificial intelligence in medicine concept. (Moor Studio / Getty Images)

Can AI therapy end mental health stigma?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Displaced Palestinians walk outside the destroyed Islamic University in Gaza City, on March 25, 2025. Israel vows to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas and resumes intense bombardment of Gaza on March 18, redeploying ground troops and shattering a truce that has largely held since January 19. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Palestinian ingenuity in a war zone

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A dose of measles vaccine is seen at the Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CDC buried pro-vaccine measles forecast

Patricia Callahan - ProPublica
Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who wants to buy your DNA from 23andme?

Cara Michelle Smith
20 January 2024, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Palestinians walk by a solar panel, used by some to produce electricity in the refugee camps in Rafah. Due to the worsening financial situation of the individuals and the the lack of electricity in the refugee camps in Rafah, some young Palestinian men who have solar panels are using them to run small businesses by which they allow people to fully charge their phones for around 2 Israeli shekels fee (approximately 55 US Cents). (Photo by Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Future of Gaza’s recovery may be solar

Saqib Rahim - Grist
Macro eye close up. (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Are screens behind poor vision epidemic?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Lost wallet lying on ground. (Westend61 / Getty Images)

The psychology of the "wallet test"

Allison Carmen
Neuronal network, conceptual illustration. (CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Are concept neurons what make us human?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Carbon, Earth, Planet (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

We're talking about carbon all wrong

Kate Yoder - Grist
Calm and angry woman (Getty Images/dinachi)

The power of encountering mixed emotions

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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