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Pure America by Elizabeth Catte (Photo illustration by Salon/Josh Howard/Belt Publishing)

How eugenics still haunts us

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(The back cover of "Copy Art: The First Complete Guide to the Copy Machine," a 1978 how-to guide on copy art.)

How Britain used sex to sell computers

Mar Hicks - MIT Press Reader
A medical worker inoculates a citizen with Covid-19 vaccine at a children's hospital in Chongqing, China, Feb. 16, 2021. (Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Sinophobia is hurting pandemic response

Matthew Rozsa
A pro-Trump mob floods into the Capitol Building after breaking into it on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

How to escape the trap of tribalism

Philip Laughlin - MIT Press Reader

Solitary confinement & COVID spread

Robin Blades - Undark
Gavel and medicine (Getty Images)

Big Pharma doesn't want us to get well

Matthew Rozsa
Hundreds of people line up for their turn at receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Health on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Why we can’t make vaccine doses faster

Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson - ProPublica
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Texas plants released excess pollution

Erin Douglas - The Texas Tribune
Dog with a protective mask on his face (Getty Images)

Are we overtreating rabies?

Gustav Cappaert - Undark
A mailbox is seen frozen in a snow covered neighborhood in Waco, Texas as severe winter weather conditions over the last few days has forced road closures and power outages over the state on February 17, 2021. - Millions of people were still without power on February 17 in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, and facing water shortages as an unusual winter storm pummeled the southeastern part of country. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter storm warning for a swathe of the country ranging from east Texas to the East Coast state of Maryland. (MATTHEW BUSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

America's power grid is broken

Matthew Rozsa
Several young people running on treadmill in gym wearing face mask (Getty Images)

CDC says gyms are dangerous

Nicole Karlis
Divorce over QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

QAnon is ruining marriages

Nicole Karlis
CSL vaccine manufacturing facility on February 12, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (David Caird-Pool/Getty Images)

Who really controls vaccine supply?

Matthew Rozsa
Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM), President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource, at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images)

Why Deb Haaland isn't too "radical"

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Doctors and nurses taking care of patients in ICU at hospital during COVID-19 (Getty Images)

Mutant COVID is here to ruin your day

Matthew Rozsa
People line up for COVID-19 vaccinations at Nassau Community College on January 10, 2021 in Garden City, New York. Nassau County now has two vaccine centers as another 3.2 million New Yorkers become eligible for the vaccine (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Meet the "vaccine scavengers"

Nicole Karlis
Coronavirus spreading through New York City (Getty Images)

New York has its own virus strain now

Matthew Rozsa
Rough Seas (Getty Images)

The collapse of the Atlantic current

Matthew Rozsa
Little boy overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic (Getty Images)

Can we return to normal? Science says no

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
Governor Ron DeSantis (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

DeSantis advances questionable science

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
Alien microbes in space above Mars, conceptual illustration. (Getty Images)

What would Martian life look like?

Matthew Rozsa
People in face masks waiting in line for vaccination (Getty Images)

You're vaccinated now. What can you do?

Nicole Karlis
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Musk’s empty climate change prize

Cassie Freund - Massive Science
Mexican laborers cut broccoli stalks for Smith Farms' crew A as the harvest season gets underway at a Smith Farm's field near Fort Fairfield in central Aroostook County. Smith Farm's employ over 150 migrant workers to help in their harvest of both broccoli and potatos. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

An extinction crisis is coming to dinner

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
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