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NY plans 2035 gas-powered vehicle ban

Brett Marsh - Grist
Colorful sunset overlooking the Colorado River deep in the Grand Canyon (Dean Fikar/Getty Images)

Colorado River Basin wildlife threatened

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
Portrait of Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization (Getty Images/mikroman6)

Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives

Rodney E. Rohde - The Conversation
Sperm (Getty Images/Irina Shatilova)

Male birth control options are coming

Christina Chung-Lun Wang - The Conversation
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Coronavirus and the Brain (Getty Images/Amornrat Phuchom)

Schizophrenia, a new long COVID symptom

Troy Farah
A trans rights protester stands outside of Boston Childrens Hospital to face off with anti-trans protesters across the street. (Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Gruesome record for anti-trans violence

Matthew Rozsa
General view during the Global Climate Strike March on October 02, 2020 in Durban, South Africa. According to media reports, the group demanded that individuals and governments must take stronger action against the effects of climate change and the emittance of the greenhouse gas. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Climate anxiety is a worldwide thing

Kate Yoder - Grist
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

The oil industry has a talent vacuum

Kate Yoder - Grist
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Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Troy Farah
Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

When do movements become cults?

Matthew Rozsa
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Boy Scouts sell land in assault payouts

Jordan Gass-Poore’ - The Revelator
Heatwave hot sun (Getty Images/chuchart duangdaw)

Cities prepare for extreme heat

Christine Macdonald - The Revelator
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Artist’s interpretation of the calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk. Shown in orange is the calcium-rich material created in the explosion. Purple coloring represents gas shedded by the star right before the explosion, which then produced bright X-ray emission when the material collided with the supernova shockwave. (Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern University)

Gamma ray pulse sweeps Earth

Matthew Rozsa
Smoke enveloping a man's head (Getty Images/davit85)

Does pot really make your memory worse?

Troy Farah
Dr. Temple Grandin speaks outside of the US Patent and Trademark Office on April 3, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Why visual thinkers will save the world

Matthew Rozsa
Man Forced To Smile (Getty Images/ferrantraite)

Death to "Good Vibes Only"

Nicole Karlis
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A long line of soda bottles in various flavors and colors (Getty Images/RapidEye)

Sugar isn't the sole cavity creator

Daniel W. McNeil, Mary L. Marazita - The Conversation
Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 22, 2020. (BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Are conservatives really more heartless?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Rover on Mars (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

When Mars went through climate change

Matthew Rozsa
Computer enhanced false-colour Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of two mid-sagittal and one axial (cross sectional) sections through the head of a 46 year-old woman, showing structures of the brain, spine & facial tissues. Profiled features of the main part of the brain include the convoluted surface of the cerebral cortex, the corpus callosum, pons & medulla, structures of the brainstem, which are continuous with the spinal cord. The cerebellum, the centre of balance & coordination, lies to the right of the brainstem. (Getty Images)

What is "deep brain stimulation?"

Rachel A. Davis - The Conversation
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Bacteria Lactobacillus in human intestine (Getty Images/nopparit)

Programmed bacteria make living material

Sara Molinari - The Conversation
Motion view of girl backstroke swimmers starting a race and entering the water together (Getty Images/Jonathan Kirn)

Was my swimming coach an abuser?

Kim Fairley
Grimacing businessman looking at computer screen (Getty Images/Westend61)

Why are security questions so dumb?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Alzheimer's may not be a brain disease

Donald Weaver - The Conversation
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