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This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. (NOAA via AP)

Climate change impacting our forecasts?

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Plane Contrails (Getty Images)

Elites want to monetize climate change

Keith A. Spencer
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=148393'>hauer+ege</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Fecal bacteria in water Calif. waterways

Anna Almendrala - KFF Health News
A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

Policy milestone buried in the budget

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
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Neanderthal skull (shutterstock)

Studying the past to change our present

Elizabeth Sawchuk, Mary Prendergast - The Conversation
As minimum wage increases, so too does mental health (Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Higher minimum wage means fewer suicides

Keith A. Spencer
Pump jacks are seen on the Bakken Shale Formation, near Williston, North Dakota, September 6, 2016. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

"Natural gas is at work for you"

Kate Yoder - Grist
(Getty/agnormark)

EPA to ease rules on storing coal ash

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Study debunks the "abortion regret" myth

Corinne Rocca
(Getty/Halfpoint)

Calif. doctors to screen kids for stress

Barbara Feder Ostrov - KFF Health News
A pantry is filled with gluten-free food products (Washington Post/Getty Images)

The mystery of celiac disease

Nicole Karlis
(Getty Images/istockphoto)

The ethics of replicating bones

Sarah Wild - Undark
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(Getty Images/science Photo Libra)

"Secret science" rule threatens health

Gabriel Filippelli - The Conversation
Kelly Placke of Star Bright Farms in Cuba City, Wisconsin. (David Nevala)

A sunny future

Lisa Held - Civil Eats
Cattle graze as the sky turns orange from bushfires in Towamba, 20km from Eden in southern New South Wales on January 10, 2020. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)

How wildfire smoke affects animals

Stephanie Laura Bond, Laura Osborne, Renaud Leguillette - The Conversation
(Getty/bernie_photo)

Better treatment for neonatal withdrawal

Elizabeth Brico - Undark
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A Puerto Rican flag waves on top of a pile of rubble as debris is removed from a main road in Guanica, Puerto Rico on January 8, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)

Puerto Rico wasn’t ready for earthquakes

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
Woman eating pizza and drinking wine in front of the refrigerator during the night (Getty Images)

The psychology behind better habits

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Getty/urbazon)

FDA under scrutiny

Hillel Aron - FairWarning
Traffic on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near Los Angeles International Aiprort (Getty/Kevork Djansezian)

U.S. emissions dipped in 2019

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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RFS Firefighters battle a spot fire on November 13, 2019 in Hillville, Australia. Catastrophic fire conditions - the highest possible level of bushfire danger - have eased across greater Sydney, Illawarra and Hunter areas thanks to a slight cool change, however dozens of bushfires are still burning. A state of emergency, as declared by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday, is still in effect, giving emergency powers to Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons and prohibiting fires across the state. (Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

"We need you to do less harm"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
Radio transmission to the Milky way galaxy and star dusts in deep space (Getty Images)

A "mystery signal" hits home

Nicole Karlis
Hemp lollipops (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Weed edibles less benign than you think

Nicole Karlis
Puffins (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Seabirds have learned to use tools

Nicole Karlis
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