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Timber Wolf and Pomeranian (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Unlocking secrets of dog domestication

Matthew Rozsa
At the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the door to the lab where the first step is taken in the testing of samples for the monkeypox virus has a warning sign to let others know not to enter. (JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

In monkeypox failures, echoes of COVID

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
Octopus (Getty Images/sko)

Behold the octopus glove

Matthew Rozsa
PCR tests inside vials awaiting testing inside an on-site laboratory for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

No, BA.5 isn't evading PCR tests

Nicole Karlis
TOLEDO, OHIO - AUGUST 4: Algae washes ashore from Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4, 2014 in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio area residents were once again able to drink tap water after a two day ban due to algae related toxins. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Toxic algae in the Great Lakes

Diana Kruzman - Grist
Farmers spraying pesticide on a field (Getty Images/Arun Roisri)

Pesticide found in most Americans' urine

Matthew Rozsa
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star on July 12, 2022 in space. The observation, which reveals the presence of specific gas molecules based on tiny decreases in the brightness of precise colors of light, is the most detailed of its kind to date, demonstrating Webb's unprecedented ability to analyze atmospheres hundreds of light-years away. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)

Webb sees water vapor on another planet

Nicole Karlis
Maple syrup aisle in a Jerry's Food grocery store (Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Why is maple syrup so cheap?

Eric Schank
Protestors hold signs during Stop the Bans Speak Out Tour at the corner of Culver Drive and Alton Parkway in Irvine, CA on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

State abortion trends vary dramatically

Phillip Reese - KFF Health News
(Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images)

The rise of the Swiffer empire

Ella Quittner - Food52
AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is displayed on a wall of guns during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

How deadly are AR-15 rifles?

Nicole Karlis
James Webb Space Telescope looking at galaxies (Photo illustration by NASA)

Webb's first five images explained

Matthew Rozsa
Man holding hidden gun in his hand. (Getty Images)

Colo. red flag gun law effective

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News
Electric vehicles are displayed before a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the American Jobs Plan and to highlight electric vehicles at Union Station near Capitol Hill on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Americans coming around on electric cars

Julia Kane - Grist
A little boy and scary shadow of hand (Getty Images/Tatiana Maksimova)

The ripple effect of childhood abuse

Matthew Rozsa
A sunken World War II-Era Higgins landing craft that used to be nearly 200 feet underwater is being revealed near the Lake Mead Marina as the waterline continues to lower on July 01, 2022 in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Climate change is evaporating lakes

Matthew Rozsa
Woman at the doctor's office (Getty Images/fstop123)

D&C or abortion? The steps are the same

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A pregnant woman surrounded by city smog (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dobbs highlights environmental racism

Naveena Sadasivam, Eve Andrews - Grist
Aerial view of woman lying by raised bed on land in yard (Getty Images/Westend61)

Does gardening help your mental health?

Matthew Rozsa
(Paul Hudson / Getty Images)

For these gardeners, every seed counts

Arati Menon - Food52
Empty Lecture Hall (Getty Images/UpperCut Images)

GPA requirements creating a gap

Ashley Smart - Undark
Hundreds of wind turbines are viewed along Highway 111 and Interstate 10 on March 7, 2022 near Palm Springs, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

Biden unveils new push for wind

Julia Kane - Grist
Palau Malakal Island and Koror (Getty Images/Norimoto)

Microplastic pollution knows no bounds

Matthew Rozsa
White Italian Greyhound puppy posing in front of a large mirror (Getty Images/Melissa Ross)

Can any animal pass the mirror test?

Nicole Karlis
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