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People photograph a car sitting in flooded water at an underpass at Webster St. and 34th St. on January 4, 2023 in Oakland, California. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The chaotic future of California weather

Nicole Karlis
Raindrops On Umbrella (Getty Images / Donat Photography / EyeEm)

Is California's drought over?

Jake Bittle - Grist
(Getty/violinconcertono3)

EPA soot standard could save thousands

Jessie Blaeser - Grist
The Space Needle and downtown Seattle (Getty Images/Adam Schmid)

Washington is capping carbon emissions

Kate Yoder - Grist
This artist’s conception shows a late-stage galaxy merger and its two newly-discovered central black holes. (ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) / M. Weiss, NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Black holes on a collision course

Troy Farah
Sad little girl at the park (Getty Images/Fran Polito)

Another year, no child tax credit

Nicole Karlis
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

US emissions rose in 2022

Jake Bittle - Grist
Sun rises over mountains as seen from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, United States on September 3, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The past 8 years were hottest in history

Lylla Younes - Grist
Man rejects a drink at the pub (Getty Images/cagkansayin)

How alcohol changes the body and mind

Troy Farah
Cars on the lot at Savage 61 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Dealership on Route 61 in Muhlenberg Township, PA Wednesday afternoon April 1, 2020 (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images)

Automakers sue over right to repair

Maddie Stone - Grist
Avatar: The Way Of Water (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

He created a whole language for "Avatar"

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/olsword)

America's electrician shortage

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Beer In Glass By Sunglasses On Table (Getty Images/Michael Lloyd / EyeEm)

What's the point of Damp January?

Nicole Karlis
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. (NASA/Dan Bartlett)

How to see a comet coming close to Earth

Troy Farah
3D rendered image, enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

How cancer cells move

Yizeng Li - The Conversation
A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Airline medical kits fall short

Vignesh Ramachandran - KFF Health News
Stethoscope and US dollars (Getty Images/Juan Moyano)

Orthopedic docs sell to private equity

Harris Meyer - KFF Health News
Heat waves rise near a heat danger warning sign on the eve of the AdventurCORPS Badwater 135 ultra-marathon race on July 14, 2013 in Death Valley National Park, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

90% of humans will suffer drought, heat

Matthew Rozsa
Artist’s concept of a fallback disk around pulsar 4U 0142+61. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC))

A strange star with a solid surface

Troy Farah
Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite laws, deforestation not stopping

Maria Parazo Rose - Grist
Sunrise from South Colony Lake below Crestone Needle in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Westcliffe, Colorado. (Getty Images/Mike Berenson/Colorado Captures)

"30×30": Conservation's flashy new goal

Blanca Begert - Grist
Condoms in red wrappers (Getty Images / Alberto Tudor / 500px)

A "new" STI is on the rise

Troy Farah
Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

How a measles outbreak happened in Ohio

Nicole Karlis
A torn seat from an old car (Getty Images/Nicki1982)

A plant-based polyurethane alternative

Srikanth Pilla, James Sternberg - The Conversation
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