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The science of connecting deeply

Nicole Karlis
Microbe structures on ALH84001 meteorite (Nasa)

When space stories fall victim to hype

Dan Falk - Undark
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Backlash to the future

Shannon Osaka, Kate Yoder - Grist
Mars (Getty Images)

The mystery of the Martian ice age

Nicole Karlis
GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 19: The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm off the Great Yarmouth coastline on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. The 30 turbines cost GBP75million and can generate enough power for 41,000 homes are seen by supporters as a clean and green way to generate electricity and a way of cutting down on harmful green house gas emmissions. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Emily Pontecorvo
A studio shot of two glass vials with medicine and a single syringe ready for an injection or vaccination (Getty Images)

How many vaccine shots go to waste?

Ryan Gabrielson, Caroline Chen, Mollie Simon - ProPublica
Staff and volunteers distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to people as they remain in their vehicles at The Forum in Inglewood Tuesday. The Forum is one of five mass-vaccination sites that opened Tuesday in Los Angeles county. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

California's vaccine roll-out is a mess

Nicole Karlis
Donald Trump | Twitter Logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Twitter)

Cognitive bias and our post-truth era

Lee McIntyre - MIT Press Reader
A patient with the COVID-19 breaths in oxygen in the COVID-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on December 29, 2020. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

The scariest coronavirus mutation yet

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

"Trial & error" in Vaccine distribution

Elizabeth Miller - Undark
Mosquito on the nose of cat (Getty Images)

Catnip does more than get cats high

Matthew Rozsa
Firefighters and paramedics with Anne Arundel County Fire Department wear enhanced PPE, during the coronavirus pandemic, as they treat a patient in cardiac arrest as a result of a drug overdose on May 6, 2020, in Brooklyn, Maryland. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

"Stealth" opioid overdoses on the rise

Nicole Karlis
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Queen Theater on December 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president in a scaled-down ceremony in Washington D.C. due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on January 20, 2021. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Biden calls for a united front on health

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
dinosaur on beach (Getty Images)

New fossil sheds light on dinosaur sex

Matthew Rozsa
A picture taken on May 14, 2020 shows a Titan Arum flower that flourished the day before at the Belgian National Botanic Gardens in Meise. - The Titan Arum is the biggest flower on earth and it takes several years for the plant to make one single flower blossom. Particular to the flower is its strong, bad smell. (LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images)

Breathing life into the corpse flower

Doug Johnson - Undark
US President Joe Biden signs three documents including an Inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet noinations in the Presidents Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony to making Biden the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)

Experts back Biden's COVID-19 policies

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

Black people are vaccinated at low rates

Hannah Recht, Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
Joe Biden (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Biden gives hope to millions who stutter

Rodney Gabel - The Conversation
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How to fix the orphan drug problem

Nicole Hassoun - The Conversation
A woman walks by a sign 2metres in Dublin city centre during Level 5 Covid-19 lockdown. The Department of Health reported this evening 2,001 of new Covid-19 cases for the Republic of Ireland and 93 deaths, a new record for a confirmed number of daily deaths. On Tuesday, 19 January, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The pandemic trauma will linger

Matthew Rozsa
Dr. Jordan Hottenstein checks a patient's teeth. At Central Berks Dental Center in Leesport Tuesday afternoon October 13, 2020. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Is it safe to go to the dentist?

Nicole Karlis
GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 19: The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm off the Great Yarmouth coastline on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. The 30 turbines cost GBP75million and can generate enough power for 41,000 homes are seen by supporters as a clean and green way to generate electricity and a way of cutting down on harmful green house gas emmissions. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

2021: Will offshore wind power take off?

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
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SVOCs altering children’s microbiomes

Lila Westreich - Massive Science
A young elephant from Asia stands near his mother in its enclosure at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, eastern Belgium, on August 15, 2019 (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

Animals have rituals just like humans

Matthew Rozsa
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