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Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California on December 9, 2017. Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Will forests burn themselves out?

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Donald Trump, about to go off (Illustration by Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Talbot: Trump's a "walking time bomb"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
he Maria Fire burns on a hillside as it expands up to 8,000 acres on its first night on November 1, 2019 near Somis, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

"What a climate disaster looks like"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Donald Trump| A massive group of protesters sit on the ground at Foley Square (Getty Images/Salon)

Why "herd immunity" is a distraction

Marshall Auerback - Independent Media Institute
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A burned residence smolders during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, California on September 09, 2020. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Nightmare fire seasons: The new normal

Nicole Karlis
The sky turns red over the town on January 04, 2020 in Bodalla, Australia. A state of emergency has been declared across NSW with dangerous fire conditions forecast for Saturday, as more than 140 bushfires continue to burn. (Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)

California’s red skies, explained

Nicole Karlis
Students sitting on a bench with markers for social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus (ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Vaccinations head for recess

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
The Nebra Sky Disk stands in a glass display case (Anne Pollmann/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bronze Age astronomy gets rewritten

Matthew Rozsa
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Shot of a group of young people wearing masks (Getty Images)

Masks increase immunity to COVID: study

Matthew Rozsa
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Growing new neurons with CRISPR

Sahana Sitaraman - Massive Science
Man and Child with Large Watermelons. (Found Image Holdings/Getty Images)

The science of growing giant watermelons

Nicole Karlis
Bernie Sanders; Joe Biden; Beto O'Rourke (Getty/Salon)

Biden's rivals advising him on climate

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
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Donald Trump | Scientist synthesizing vaccine concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is the nation ready for a COVID vaccine?

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Albert Einstein (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why physics needs another Einstein

Keith A. Spencer
The wildfire spreads on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

How climate change fuels wildfires

Alexandria Herr - Grist
New Guinea singing dogs resting (Getty Images)

The song of the singing dog plays on

Matthew Rozsa
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Students have had to adopt an E-learning program to finish the school year after all schools in the state were forced to cancel classes in an attempt to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Scott Olson/Getty)

When teachers become Big Brother

Victoria Theisen Homer
(Getty/George Frey)

Boy Scouts can do better than Trump EPA

Derrick Z. Jackson - Grist
ROGER NEB - 6/14/2017 - A red angus steer waits to be fed on June 14, 2017, on the Heavican farm. The small family farm buys, feeds and then sells about 140 red angus cattle each year for beef at a nearby packing plant in Schuyler, Nebraska. (Alyssa Mae)

Biotechnology could change cattle

Dyllan Furness - Undark
Supporters of "Medicare For All" demonstrate outside of the Charleston Gaillard Center ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, February 29. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Why Black aging matters, too

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
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edics work with a COVID-19 patient at the isolation ward of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan near the coastal city of Tel Aviv, on July 29, 2020. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Hospitals may defy directive on plasma

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
Joe Biden (Johnny Louis/FilmMagic)

Biden, say no to fossil fuel advisers

Angely Mercado - Grist
White plastic bag caught up in branches and billowing in the breeze. Plastic bags are wind-distributed, which explains why they are widespread in the London (UK) countryside. (Getty Images/Whiteway)

NY's plastic bag plan survives pandemic

Angely Mercado - Grist
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) reacts as he stands with his family members after delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump gave the speech in front of 1500 invited guests. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump excludes US from WHO vaccine pact

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
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