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Spaceship Earth in Epcot construction at Disney World, 1996 (Chip HIRES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Disney's vision for a new kind of city

Alex Krieger - The Conversation
A vehicle passes through a flooded street. All the major roads are flooded after the heavy rain during monsoon at Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Dibakar Roy/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How climate change will flood our cities

Matthew Rozsa
Storm clouds in Arizona. (Getty Images / John Sirlin / EyeEm)

Climate change making monsoons extreme

Diana Zamora-Reyes, Christopher L. Castro - The Conversation
Man sleeping in office (Getty Images/South_agency)

Startup culture is demonizing sleep

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Vials and a box of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine (Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

FDA panel says yes to Moderna boosters

Matthew Rozsa
Operating room staff performing hospital surgery (Getty Images/Shannon Fagan)

Get vaccine or move down waitlist

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
Woman patient sitting on examination table in doctor's office (Getty Images)

Basic health checkups have big benefits

David Liss, Jefferey A. Linder - Undark
A Mass Patriots for Freedom Rally was held on Beacon Street in front of the State House in Boston, with hundreds protesting against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on September 17, 2021. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Political gap in vaccinations remains

Matthew Rozsa
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Grenoble University Hospital Michallon Hospital Department Of Neurology Unit 'Movement Disorder'. Mri Of A 30 Year Old Patient Suffering From Dystonia, Treated By A High Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation By Implantation Of Electrodes At The Level Of The Internal Paladium. These Electrodes Are Linked To A Neurostimulator, Box Implanted Under The Clavicle. (BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

The brain implant that zaps bad thoughts

Nicole Karlis
Doctor examining scan (Getty Images)

Review: illnesses influenced by culture

Elizabeth Svoboda - Undark
Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. (NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez)

NASA's new telescope, explained

Chris Impey - The Conversation
COVID-19 experimental antiviral drug MOLNUPIRAVIR (Getty Images/Plyushkin)

New COVID pill could be a "game-changer"

Nicole Karlis
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A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Environmental justice vs. LA Olympics

Adam Mahoney - Grist
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Autonomous robots: worse than the bomb?

James Dawes - The Conversation
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. (Getty Images)

Sen. Manchin may derail US climate plan

Michael Oppenheimer - The Conversation
A nurse attends to a COVID-19 patient that is wearing a CPAP helmet while he is moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Pope John XXIII Hospital on April 7, 2020 in Bergamo, Italy. (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

Sleep apnea and the failure of evolution

Matthew Rozsa
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Medical syringe is seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Moderna still refuses to share recipe

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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COVID can't stop solar’s epic growth

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
George Washington; the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Washington handled a pandemic

Matthew Rozsa
Dog sitting in a dry sandy desert (Getty Images/K_Thalhofer)

Climate change comes for the dogs

Matthew Rozsa
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A healthcare worker wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) attends to Covid-19 patient wearing oxygen mask inside a Covid-19 care center set up at shehnai banquet hall attached with Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) one of the largest COVID-19 facilities. (Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Immunity via infection vs. vaccination

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Author Steven Pinker (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Steven Pinker on "Rationality"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Close-Up of crab on rock at beach, San Diego, United States (Getty)

New species stayed years after heatwave

Erica Nielsen, Sam Walkes - The Conversation
Bunny the talking Dog (Instagram/@what_about_bunny)

Do dogs miss us when we leave?

Nicole Karlis
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