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We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound

Emilie Hooft - The Conversation
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Ancient crocodiles were vegans

Nicole Karlis
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Going to space? Bring cold sore cream

Mackenzie Thornbury - Massive Science
This artist's rendering made available by NASA shows multiple views of the Dragonfly dual-quadcopter lander that would take advantage of the atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan to explore multiple locations, some hundreds of miles apart. (NASA via AP)

NASA to send flying drone to Titan

Shira Tarlo
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E-cigs to be banned in Juul's hometown

Nicole Karlis
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Naveena Sadasivam
Lobsterman Jack O'Donoghue checks the icy waters of the Harraseeket River as he prepares to have his 30-foot fishing boat, the Mary Elizabeth, hauled out of the water for winter, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (AP)

Warmer waters affect Northeast fishing

Elia Kabanov - Grist
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Sex isn’t binary, stop acting like it is

Liza Brusman - Massive Science
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Proposal to increase demand for vaccines

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
Participants sign up to take part in the World Record Ice Bucket Challenge at Etihad Stadium on August 22, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Tests on stem cells may be revolutionary

Carina Seah - Massive Science

Instagram pets for animal rights!

Matthew Rozsa
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The scary new math of factory farm waste

Tia Schwab - Independent Media Institute
This picture taken on October 18, 2018 shows newborn green turtles heading to the sea after being released from a protected area on Thameehla Island. - Peril plagues the young life of a baby turtle in Myanmar; if the crabs don't get them before they scramble from the beach to the sea, poachers or fishing trawlers may do - while habitat destruction also decimates their numbers. Myanmar's waters boast five of the world's seven sea turtle species, including the critically endangered hawksbill, the endangered green turtle as well as the olive ridley, leatherback and loggerhead turtles, all listed as vulnerable. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP) / PHOTO ESSAY by Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images) (Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images))

US-Mex border toughens life for turtles

Tim Briggs - Massive Science
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Paternity tests and mistrust of women

Nara Milanich
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Vaccines don't cause autism - here's why

Matthew Rozsa
Residents shovel Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP) (AP)

Global warming and colder winters

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy
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Legal weed is a growing danger to dogs

Laura Klivans - KFF Health News
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An alternative mental health system

LD Green
attle in drylot at Threemile Canyon Farms in Oregon. (Photo CC-licensed by Friends of Family Farmers.)

Oregon paving the way for mega-dairies?

Lynne Terry - Civil Eats
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Do you "like" your health insurance?

Sanjeev Sriram - Independent Media Institute
FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) (AP)

U.S. military is a climate offender

Kate Yoder - Grist
Cory Booker; Elizabeth Warren; Joe Biden; Kirsten Gillibrand; Bernie Sanders (AP/Getty/Salon)

Dem voters: health care is a top issue

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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Time to phase out "climate change"?

Kate Yoder - Grist
Boaty McBoatface, a autonomous underwater vehicle (AUVs) used for scientific research (Getty/Matt Cardy)

Boaty McBoatface's big discovery

Nicole Karlis
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