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Science & Health (page 252)

Salon covers science and health news through investigations, insightful reporting, commentary and analysis.

This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

"Surprised, no. Disgusted, yes"

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Sharing a reusable water bottle (Getty Images)

On water bottle separation anxiety

Nicole Karlis
(Shutterstock)

Hidden dangers of natural supplements

C. Michael White - The Conversation
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

The silent threat of the coronavirus

Christine Crudo Blackburn, Andrew Natsios, Gerald W Parker, Leslie Ruyle - The Conversation
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2020: A big year for marijuana

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
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Changing clocks: which time to choose?

Roxie Hammill - KFF Health News
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Does moderate drinking shrink the brain?

David Baranger - Massive Science
Passengers wear protective masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 22, 2020. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus outbreak spurs prejudice

Marisa Peryer - Undark
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Secondhand smoke — but nationwide

Sebastian Eastham, Steven Barrett - The Conversation
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Questions remain about treated sewage

Tom Perkins - Civil Eats
(AP/Mel Evans)

Enabling drug use or saving lives?

Giles Bruce - KFF Health News
Quality control operator of the Spanish publishing outfit Siloe Luis Miguel works on cloning the illustrated codex hand-written manuscript Voynich in Burgos on August 9, 2016. (Cesar Manso/AFP via Getty)

The quest to crack the Voynich code

Jillian Foley - Undark
A tree sprouting in a forest (Getty Images)

The "trillion tree" debate

Dan Lambe
Cows graze in the fields and farms. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

BLM wants to go back to the Dust Bowl

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Advertising billboards on Oxford Circus underground station, London, England, circa 1960. (Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

The corporate manipulation of science

Christie Aschwanden - Undark
Cars destroyed by the Camp Fire sit in the lot at a used car dealership on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

Insurers: support us, not fossil fuels

Tony Dunn - Truthout
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Ernst wants "changes" to Medicare

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
American VS Canadian Hospitals (Getty Images/Salon)

US health admin costs 4X more vs. Canada

Igor Derysh
Man looking through apps on his smartphone (Getty Images)

How to date your A.I.

Tamara Schwartz
Teenage boy resting his head against a reflective surface, looking to be in a sad or pensive mood. (Getty Images/Marcel ter Bekke)

How to love yourself

Tara Well
In this Dec. 30, 2016 photo, a truck leaves with metal products from the sprawling complex that is a part of the Jiujiang steel and rolling mills in Qianan in northern China's Hebei province. Faced with choking smog in the Chinese capital, Chinese media and policy circles often point to a list of culprits: the central government's inability to shut down polluting steel mills, the middle class's insatiable demand for cars, poorer segments of society's insistence on burning coal. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)

Paris Agreement: unrealistic target?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
OxyContin pill bottles scattered in front of protestors of the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The opioid crisis is a big issue in NH

Amanda Latimore - The Conversation
FILE--This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a side view of a recently emerged adult female western glacier stonefly from below Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, Mont. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, proposed adding the western glacier stonefly and the meltwater lednian stonefly to the government's list of threatened species.(Joe Giersch/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File) (Joe Giersch/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

Save the insects, save ourselves

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
Activists rally against ExxonMobil during the Global Climate March in Washington, D.C., on November 29, 2017. (Johnny Silvercloud/Flickr)

Calls for law firm to #DropExxon

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
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