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The aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. A wildfire that left Lahaina in charred ruins has killed at least 67 people, authorities said on August 11, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Maui survivors describe fleeing wildfire

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Allergic man blowing on wipe in a park on spring season a sunny day (Getty Images/Pheelings Media)

An alternative to allergy shots

Esther Landhuis - Undark
A plant of the industrial hemp variety Futura 75 stands in the Hemp Museum in Berlin. (Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The hemp industry is at risk

Rod Kight
Satellite image of Hurricane Katia (left) making landfall over the Mexican state of Veracruz, Hurricane Irma (center) approaching Cuba, and Hurricane Jose reaching peak intensity on September 8, 2017. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Prepare for aggressive hurricane season

Rae Hodge
Maxar satellite imagery showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning. (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies / Getty Images)

Toxins from Maui fires pose health risk

Andrew J. Whelton - The Conversation
(Getty/agnormark)

Coal plant closure win for public health

Katie Myers - Grist
Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Khumbu Valley, Nepal (Getty Images/John Harper)

Himalayas are much older than we thought

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Clinical research to develop a possible cure for Alzheimer's and dementia in the lab. (TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES)

New dementia drug raises hopes and fears

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
(Getty/Justin Sullivan)

EPA approves highly toxic fuel additive

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica
Engorged Deer Tick. Deer ticks (also called black-legged ticks) and can transmit the pathogens that cause tickborne diseases such babesiosis and Lyme disease. (IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP //Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Where is the Lyme disease vaccine?

Matthew Rozsa
Long COVID (Getty Images/wildpixel)

Why are we still ignoring long COVID?

Philip Finkelstein
Portraits of Ada Lovelace, Eunice Foote, Nettie Stevens, Alice Augusta Ball and Lise Meitner. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/WikiCommons/The Tuttle Company)

Sexism and racism persist in science

Elizabeth Hlavinka
AI hand holding a nuclear fusion reaction (Getty Images/Ole_CNX)

AI: apocalypse or utopia? Probably not

Émile P. Torres
Herbs and supplement capsules (Getty Images / Voiculescu Alin / 500px)

Are your supplements harming you?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ocean Current (Getty Images)

The ocean is shattering heat records

Max Graham - Grist
Zoom Meetings logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Zoom’s AI privacy fiasco explained

Rae Hodge
Carving of a small cat at the archaeological site of Kom Ombo, Egypt | A house cat with a collar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Who run the world? Cats!

Jonathan Losos - The Conversation
A firefighting helicopter douses a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. (Marios Lolos/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The climate connection to wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
Montana State Capitol (Getty Images/powerofforever)

Montana GOP ignores voters on abortion

Mike Dennison - KFF Health News
A view of city in dense smog amid rising air pollution levels, on June 18, 2023 in Noida, India. (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

India succeeds where US fails on climate

Matthew Rozsa
Maxar satellite imagery showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning. (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies / Getty Images)

Maui wildfires strain health care system

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Climate change increasing air turbulence

Mark Schapiro - Capital & Main
Weddell sea landscape with sopectacular cloud formations, Antarctica (Getty Images/Andrew Peacock)

When will glaciers go extinct?

Matthew Rozsa
Image concept of magnetic levitating above a high-temperature superconductor, cooled with liquid nitrogen (Getty Images/ktsimage)

What's so super about superconductors?

Rae Hodge
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