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Thousands of abortion-rights activists gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Muddled abortion laws confuse doctors

Heidi Fantasia - The Conversation
An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate begins to descent at a sea. Search and rescue operations continue by US Coast Guard in Boston after a tourist submarine bound for the Titanic's wreckage site went missing off the southeastern coast of Canada. (Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why "Titaniacs" risk it all for a wreck

Nicole Karlis
Planet Earth On A Tightrope (Getty Images/mspoli)

Humans have changed the Earth's axis

Matthew Rozsa
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits "The Faulkner Focus"at Fox News Channel Studios on June 02, 2023 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Why some left-leaning folks support RFK

Nicole Karlis
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An undated photo shows tourist submersible belongs to OceanGate descents at a sea. Search and rescue operations continue by US Coast Guard in Boston after a tourist submarine bound for the Titanic's wreckage site went missing off the southeastern coast of Canada. (Photo by Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

What is the missing Titanic sub?

Stefan B. Williams - The Conversation
Friends hanging out at a music festival (Getty Images/Klaus Vedfelt)

Men, you need to make more friends

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Therapist discussing with women in waiting room. (Luis Alvarez via Getty Images)

Abortion and hospital ethics committees

Elizabeth Lanphier, Jake Earl - The Conversation
Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush (David Bohrer/U.S. National Archives via Getty Images)

A history of Republican climate denial

Matthew Rozsa
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Gas pump in gas station (Getty Images/MR.WUTTISAK PROMCHOO)

The hidden cost of gasoline

Kate Yoder - Grist
Visitors to Louisville's annual Arcade Expo in 2023 were invited to play this four-flipper vintage pinball machine produced by Atari. (Photo by Rae Hodge)

Pinball vs. Big Tech's obsolesence love

Rae Hodge
Solar panels and wind turbines | Oil (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Big Oil loves renewable energy

Nick O’Hara
(Getty Images/Westend61)

The rise of the older dad

Nicole Karlis
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A construction crew works on a section of privately built border wall funded by hardline immigration group We Build The Wall on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Climate migration news spurs border fear

Kate Yoder - Grist

Opioid settlement payouts made public

Aneri Pattani - KFF Health News
Conceptual illustration of inflammation of the brain caused by a virus (Getty Images/KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

More evidence COVID-19 changes brain

Nicole Karlis
An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, fires its 120 mm main gun during the company’s pre-qualification tank gunnery at Range 500, Aug. 4, 2015. The live-fire exercise tests tank crews on their ability to work together on target acquisition and accuracy. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Julio McGraw/Released)

Ukraine gets depleted uranium munitions

Kathryn Higley - The Conversation
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Rusting tanks inside the now derelict Union Carbide factory compound. These tanks used to store methyl isocyanide, the toxic chemical that leaked on December 23, 1984 killing at least 5,000 people in the following 72 hours and many thousands more subsequently. (Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The '80s disaster still destroying lives

Matthew Rozsa
Consuming Credit Cards (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How much plastic are we actually eating?

Matthew Rozsa
HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 20: (Editors Note: Image has been converted to black and white) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks on stage at "Keep It Clean" To Benefit Waterkeeper Alliance at Avalon on April 20, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Waterkeeper Alliance )

Tech boosting RFK's anti-vaccine message

Darius Tahir - KFF Health News
Surgeons in Scrubs and Protective Masks Look Down at a Patient on a Hospital Trolley (Getty Images/Janie Airey)

Medical debt is a human rights violation

Noam N. Levey - KFF Health News
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Pregnant Woman Having Blood Glucose Checked (Getty Images/Jovanmandic)

Pandemic linked to diabetes in pregnancy

Nicole Karlis
Flat square glass with blue violet green gradient. (wacomka via Getty Images)

Why glass still surprises scientists

John Mauro, Katelyn Kirchner - The Conversation
Quasar SDSS J0100+2802, EIGER (Emission-line galaxies and Intergalactic Gas in the Epoch of Reionization) Survey (NASA, ESA, CSA, Simon Lilly (ETH Zürich), Daichi Kashino (Nagoya University), Jorryt Matthee (ETH Zürich), Christina Eilers (MIT), Rob Simcoe (MIT), Rongmon Bordoloi (NCSU), Ruari Mackenzie (ETH Zürich); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Ruari Macken)

James Webb highlights ancient galaxies

Matthew Rozsa
Closeup of a bunch of dead fruit flies (stockstudioX via Getty Images)

How dead fruit flies harm living ones

Christi Gendron - The Conversation
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