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Handguns that were swapped for gift cards during a Los Angeles Police Department sponsored gun buyback event in Los Angeles, California on December 13, 2014. (MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

What gun control studies tell us

Matthew Rozsa
Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images/Suchart Kuathan)

Google Maps for the Milky Way

Nicole Karlis
Sunset aerial view of downtown Stockton, California, USA. (Getty Images/MattGush)

Climate change could destroy Stockton

Jake Bittle - Grist
(Getty/Timothy Clary)

NFL hesitant on mental health support

Mark Kreidler - KFF Health News
Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

England bans single-use foodware

Joseph Winters - Grist
Wild salmon migrating upstream in the Columbia River, Oregon. (Getty Images/DaveAlan)

Freshwater fish and forever chemicals

Matthew Rozsa
British Bulldog (Nik Taylor/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Why bulldogs won't exist in 2123

Matthew Rozsa
Activists and coal opponents take part in a demonstration procession, a protest action by climate activists after the evacuation of Lützerath. (Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Protestors fight coal mine expansion

Maria Parazo Rose - Grist
Robot hand using laptop and man hand writing (Getty Images/baona)

AI chatbots can write, but can't think

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith
Woman holds up bottle of medicine for advertisement photoshoot, 1920-60. (Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images)

Don't trust Big Pharma's ads, study says

Troy Farah
A house is submerged in floodwaters from the Salinas River near Chualar, California, on January 12, 2023. (NIC COURY/AFP via Getty Images)

Blanca Begert
The facade of the New York Stock Exchange is seen in the New York financial district on Wall Street (Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images)

Can Wall Street survive climate change?

Jake Bittle - Grist
Trimming a bush (Getty Images/Adene Sanchez)

The scientific mystery of pubic hair

Matthew Rozsa
Burning gas oven (Getty Images/Maciej Toporowicz, NYC)

Gas stoves are giving your kid asthma

Nicole Karlis
In this aerial view, flooding is seen on June 14, 2022 in Livingston, Montana. The Yellowstone River hit has a historic high flow from rain and snow melt from the mountains in and around Yellowstone National Park. (William Campbell/Getty Images)

Small towns grapple with climate

Brett Marsh - Grist
Prince Harry Alone On The Balcony At Buckingham Palace To Watch Trooping The Colour, London. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Prince Harry's cloistered childhood

Nicole Karlis
5G cellular communications tower (Getty Images/D-Keine)

What to know about cellphone radiation

Peter Elkind - ProPublica
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva waves to supporters along with his wife Rosangela da Silva as they head toward the National Congress in Brasília for his inauguration as Brazil's president on Jan. 1, 2023. ( Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

Lula's environmental challenge

Joaquim Salles - Grist
Sign at the entrance to the Mission Bay campus of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical center (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

UC Health's ties to religious hospitals

Annie Sciacca - KFF Health News
Brett Maher #19 of the Dallas Cowboys walks off the field after defeating the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on November 20, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Are "the yips" really a thing?

Matthew Rozsa
The Last of Us (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

Climate allegories in "The Last of Us"

Troy Farah
Measuring, two businessmen stand sideways on both sides of the ruler (Getty Images/z_wei)

Shorter height, lower salary

Matthew Rozsa
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is sworn in after he won the speakership on the 15th ballot on Saturday, January 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's climate concessions

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Pregnant woman in a hospital bed holding a blanket, feeling abdominal pain, risk of miscarriage (Getty Images/Motortion)

Afraid to treat a miscarriage

Rosemary Westwood - KFF Health News
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