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Martian landscape with lakes, water (Getty Images/gremlin)

Water on Mars found buried deep

Matthew Rozsa
Friends running together in a park (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Why exercising to lose weight backfires

Matthew Rozsa
A copper IUD, intrauterine device (VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

IUD update is progress for female pain

Nicole Karlis
Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

Pregnant women being denied ER care

Nicole Karlis
Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus) at Bandhavgarh National park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Getty Images/ePhotocorp)

Vulture deaths linked to human deaths

Matthew Rozsa
Healthy fresh blooming red rose among a row of other dried dead roses (Getty Images/enviromantic)

How "hopeful skeptics" outsmart Doomers

Rae Hodge
Bronze medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States reacts after competing in the Men's 200m Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Noah Lyles underscores our COVID denial

Troy Farah
An overview shows Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi (L) celebrating with Britain's Adam Peaty (R) after winning the final of the men's 100m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 28, 2024. (FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Cupping therapy and Olympic athletes

Nicole Karlis
The Perseid meteor shower is seen over the Ulanbum grassland in Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, China, August 14, 2023. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend

Griffin Eckstein
A .22 pistol firing at a target. (Getty Images/Jesse Bacon)

Second thoughts about gunshot detectors

Rod McCullom - Undark
Minnesota DFL(Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) candidate for governor Tim Walz rallied supporters as he stood with his wife Gwen, son Gus, and daughter Hope, Saturday morning, June 2, 2018 during the DFL State Convention at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Why Tim Walz is the real family man

Nicole Karlis
New Orleans water meter (Photos.com/Getty Images )

Balloon causes New Orleans boil advisory

Griffin Eckstein
Noah Lyles of Team United States after competing in the men's 200m final at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Lyles wins bronze, despite COVID result

Griffin Eckstein
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Astronauts may not come home till 2025

Troy Farah
Sign of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO lists pandemic potential pathogens

Matthew Rozsa
An abortion rights activist holds a sign at a protest in support of abortion access, March To Roe The Vote And Send A Message To Florida Politicians That Abortion Access Must Be Protected And Defended, on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (John Parra/Getty Images for MoveOn)

"Chaos" following Florida abortion ban

Nicole Karlis
Doctor putting a patch on the little boy's shoulder after successful vaccination. (Getty Images/SrdjanPav)

Vaccines "less important": Gallup poll

Troy Farah
Anti-Racism protest. (Getty Images/LeoPatrizi)

Racism and discrimination age you faster

Negar Fani, Nathaniel Harnett - The Conversation
General view of a weed / marijuana shop - 7th Heaven on Koh Chang Island in Trat province. Koh Chang is a popular tourist resort island situated about 350 km south east of the capital, Bangkok, Thailand. (Paul Lakatos/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why Thailand's weed battles matter

Niko Vorobyov
Pro-Palestinian students and other supporters gather outside of the Bobst Library at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan to protest the schools stance on Israel on May 10, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Nassau County bans masks in public

Nicole Karlis
Micro Dosing with Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms. Daily Micro Doses in a Pill Box (Getty Images/microgen)

The FDA and psychedelic research

Joshua Cohen - Undark
Demonstrators protest and argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court, March 26, 2024. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Abortion bans are a human rights crisis

Nicole Karlis
Tired, burnt-out mother with baby in her arms and out of focus children run around. (Getty Images/Natalia Lebedinskaia)

Mental health suffers from mental load

Nicole Karlis
Jack Russell Terrier looking out over beach (Getty Images/Tim Platt)

Documentary explores dogs' love for us

Matthew Rozsa
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