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A United Airlines plane flies by a cellular tower as it takes off from San Francisco International Airport on January 18, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Verizon and AT&T announced that they will proceed with plans to activate 5G cellular service across the nation on Wednesday with the exception of near airports and runways after the Federal Aviation Administration and major airlines warned that the signal could interfere with navigational systems on some planes and cause flight disruptions. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

5G delay: No vindication for conspiracy

Matthew Rozsa
Two vaccine syringes (Getty Images/golibtolibov)

CORBEVAX: a pandemic game changer?

Maureen Ferran - The Conversation
Covid-19 Omicron variant (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

Will omicron mutate?

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/NataliaDeriabina)

Tightening regulations on sperm donation

Naomi Cahn, Sonia Suter - The Conversation
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In this handout photo provided by the New Zealand Defense Force, an aerial view from a P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight of heavy ash fall on January 17, 2022 Nomuka, Tonga. A 5 Squadron crew work on board whilst flying overhead to provide vital information to send back to MFAT and various other government agencies. Tonga was struck by a tsunami caused by an undersea volcano erupting in the Pacific Ocean on January 15th. (New Zealand Defense Force via Getty Images)

Tonga weighs COVID safety and aid needs

Matthew Rozsa
Doctor in PPE that includes a face shield and two face masks is on duty in the Zakarpattia Regional Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital that treats COVID-19 patients, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Region, western Ukraine. (Serhii Hudak/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

COVID-positive and working in hospitals

Nicole Karlis
Tick on skin (Getty Images/nechaev-kon)

mRNA vaccine for tick-borne illness?

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Paula Brooks, a resident of the Ransom Place neighborhood in Indianapolis, is affected by traffic pollution from a nearby highway. (Faith Blackwell / Undark)

Hiding local pollution from the EPA

Nancy Averett - Undark
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A medical assistant prepares syringes with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the Humboldt Forum museum during the Omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic on January 18, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Four doses not enough to stop omicron

Matthew Rozsa
JK Rowling and Dave Chappelle (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What makes some people transphobic?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Elizabeth Landau / Undark)

How COVID affects the ear

Elizabeth Landau - Undark
Scientist pipetting a sample of a new drug formula into a vial during a clinical trial with the infectious disease on the computer screen. (Getty Images)

Genomic surveillance in the COVID era

Alexander Sundermann, Lee Harrison - The Conversation
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COVID-19 home rapid test kits are seen on a shelf at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Orlando, Florida. Walmart and Kroger are raising the price for the hard-to-find BinaxNOW rapid tests after the directive from the White House to sell them at cost has expired. Test kits that were formerly sold for $14 will now retail for $19.88 at Walmart and $23.99 at Kroger. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Where are all the at-home COVID tests?

Nicole Karlis
Group of People with differing brain patterns (Getty Images)

Where are memories stored in the brain?

Don Arnold - The Conversation
Joe Rogan is seen in the commentary booth during the UFC 220 event at TD Garden on January 20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Docs urge Spotify to stop Rogan misinfo

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Plastic Bottles (Getty Images)

Why can't humanity quit BPA?

Matthew Rozsa
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Dropped ice cream cone (Getty Images/Chris Clor)

Our evolutionary love of sugar

Stephen Wooding - The Conversation
A United Airlines employee stands at a counter with no customers in line at a nearly deserted Los Angeles International Airport due to the coronavirus pandemic (David McNew/Getty Images)

Science of preventing flight disruptions

Teresa Carr - Undark
President Joe Biden addresses reporters at a press gaggle. (Getty Images)

DOE slammed for "false" plastic solution

Joseph Winters - Grist
Balancing emojis (Getty Images/Huber & Starke)

Your fear and disgust are protecting you

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Mister Ed the talking horse and Alan Young in a scene from the television series 'Mister Ed', circa 1960. (The Mister Ed Company/Getty Images)

Can any animal "speak" with buttons?

Nicole Karlis
Child getting vaccinated (Getty Images/vgajic)

Effort to vaccinate children stalls

Rachana Pradhan, Hannah Recht - KFF Health News
Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, and Timothée Chalamet as Yul in "Don't Look Up" (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

Is "Don’t Look Up" a win for climate?

Eve Andrews - Grist
Throwing data and ideas into the brain (Getty Images/z_wei)

Your brain is fine, so stop "hacking" it

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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