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Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York (Photo by Stephanie Keith); Daniel Barban Levin's book "Slonim Woods 9" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty/Penguin Random House) (Salon/Getty/Penguin Random House)

Inside the "Sarah Lawrence cult"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Chicken mushrooms in the forest (Getty Images)

Flora, fauna, and … funga?

Jonathan Moens - Undark
Medical imaging of various stages of embryo and fetal development during pregnancy (Getty stock photo)

When life begins: a question of politics

Sahotra Sarkar - The Conversation
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Your COVID game plan: are stadiums safe?

Phil Galewitz, Andy Miller - KFF Health News
Dog medicine (Getty Images/Capuski)

Are anti-depressants for dogs ethical?

Matthew Rozsa
Computer screen showing the website for free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. (In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)

A fix for Wikipedia’s language problem

Yumiko Sato - Undark
A student with a dollar bill attached to his cap during the graduation ceremony. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

Stop taking out student loans

Mary Elizabeth Williams
View Of Earth's Moon Against The Sky At Night (Getty Images/Alexander Rieber/EyeEm)

Moon telescope could explain dark matter

Nicole Karlis
Gas pump in gas station (Getty Images/MR.WUTTISAK PROMCHOO)

Leaded gasoline's toxic legacy lingers

Yvette Cabrera - Grist
Medical surgical face masks on a bright yellow background (Getty Images/Yulia Shaihudinova)

Surgical masks prevent COVID-19

Nicole Karlis
Students wearing face masks while studying outdoors (Getty Images)

Is sex ed getting worse?

Christina Wyman
Man on early morning hike up mountainside (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Outdoor recreation’s diversity gap

Joe Kanzangu - Undark
A large polar bear getting ready jump of a small piece of ice (Getty Images)

Reimagining our duty to wild animals

Rachel Nuwer - Undark
Golden doodle dog waiting in front of a closed door (Getty Images/Linda Raymond)

How to read your dog's mind

Kari Weil
Transmission electron micrograph of coronavirus (IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Everything we know about mu variant

Matthew Rozsa
Rope Tied To A Boat (Getty Images/Mike Bchel/EyeEm)

The tangled physics of knots

Margaux Lopez - Massive Science
Spotted Lanternfly colonizes trees along a pathway on the banks of the Green Lane Reservoir, in Berks County, PA on September 16, 2018. A large number of Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) found in area has the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture install a quarantine to reduce the further spread of the for United States invasive species. The life cycle of the planthopper starts in September when eggs are laid and the insect reaches adulthood between July and December. (Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why the spotted lanternfly must die

Matthew Rozsa
Luke Allan, 13, closes his eyes as he gets a Covid-19 vaccination. The campaign to immunize America's 17 million adolescents aged 12-to-15 kicked off in full force on May 13, a key part of President Joe Biden's strategy to push the country close to herd immunity. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Can teens get vax against parent's will?

Brian Dean Abramson - The Conversation
Close up view of a doctor wearing surgical mask and a face shield in a hospital COVID ward. (Getty Images)

Vaccine mandate & hospital staffing wars

Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

California wildfires jump the Sierra

Nicole Karlis
Syringes with the Astrazeneca active ingredient (l-r), Comirnaty from Biontech/Pfizer and from Moderna lie prepared in trays for vaccination against Corona. (Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The push to vaccinate in conflict zones

Madeline Drexler - Undark
Damage in the city of Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near montegut, Louisiana on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb "considerably," Louisiana's governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the "catastrophic" damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 storm. (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Ida's eviction crisis

Adam Mahoney - Grist
The Dust Bowl, a windmill in the Netherlands, a Hurricane, and an Easter Island head (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Sepia Times/NASA/Michael Dunning/Adam Jones)

How civilizations thwart extinction

Matthew Rozsa
Pro-choice protest. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Dems say abortion in jeopardy in recall

Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
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