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In this Aug. 19, 2014, photo provided by Gotham Whale, a humpback whale surfaces in the Atlantic Ocean just off the Rockaway peninsula near New York City. Humpbacks have been approaching the city in greater numbers than in many years; there were 87 sightings in nearby waters from a whale-watching boat 2014. (AP Photo/Gotham Whale/Paul Sieswerda) (AP)

Pipeline hurting NY's green new image

Justine Calma - Grist
(Getty/Nicolas Asfouri)

Employers use perks to control your life

Elizabeth C. Tippett - The Conversation
FILE - This Friday, March 20, 2009 file photo shows reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany. A new study released by the journal Science on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2016 says a person’s risk of becoming depressed or hooked on smoking may be influenced by DNA inherited from Neanderthals. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (AP)

A Neanderthal tooth and human migration

Mirjana Roksandic - The Conversation
A poster released by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is seen as experts answer questions regarding the measles response and the quarantine orders in Los Angeles Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Anti-vax movement spurs measles outbreak

Nicole Karlis
A soybean field is fumigated near Urdinarrain, Entre Rios province, Argentina, on February 8, 2018. (PABLO AHARONIAN/AFP/Getty Images)

(Photo by Greta Moran / Massive Science)

NYC passes climate legislation

Greta Moran - Massive Science

The high cost of sex

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
A Christie's employee holds a sketch of David Hockney's painting Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott, painted in 1969 displayed in the background, at Christie's auction house in London, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP/Frank Augstein)

How art lost its center

Jay David Bolter
An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus, McAllen, Texas, June 23, 2018. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Cancer is dangerous for Texan immigrants

Charlotte Huff - KFF Health News
Traffic on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near Los Angeles International Aiprort (Getty/Kevork Djansezian)

Gen Z's carbon footprint is too big

Vanessa Nason - WhoWhatWhy
(Getty/Salon)

Democracy has a problem with science

Michael J. Thompson, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
(Shutterstock)

The case for environmental justice

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
In this Sept. 19, 2014, photo, Charles Cook, manager of facilities and operations at Champions Oncology, displays mouse carrying a cancer patient's tumor graft under its skin in a lab in Baltimore. Cancer patients are paying the private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents. The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person's specific cancer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

From mice to humans

Kimberly McCoy - Massive Science
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, smoke rises in this time exposure image from the stacks of the La Cygne Generating Station coal-fired power plant in La Cygne, Kan. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, asked a federal appeals court in Washington to postpone consideration of 2012 rules requiring energy companies to cut emissions of toxic chemicals. The agency said in a court filing it wants to review the restrictions, which were set to kick in next month. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (AP)

Reducing agricultural carbon emissions

Lauren McKee - Massive Science
(Getty/AlexStar)

Association insurance pushes on

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
Skid Row residents start their morning, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) (AP)

Homeless are dying on the streets of LA

Anna Gorman, Harriet Blair Rowan - KFF Health News
(Sophie Lanfear / Silverback/Netf)

Shedding light on walruses in distress

Darcy Shapiro - Massive Science
Nancy Pelosi; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Trump & Dems agree on lower drug prices

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Protestors hold placards as they march during a Rise for the Climate demonstration in Brussels, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Climate change makes the rich richer

Molly Enking - Grist
(Getty/Scott Olson)

Joe Biden is the odd man out over pot

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute
This photo made available by NASA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 shows the InSight lander's domed wind and thermal shield which covers a seismometer on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. On Tuesday, the space agency announced the instrument picked up a gentle rumble, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Marsquakes shake the red planet

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this May 23, 1944 file photo, the organism treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis, is seen through an electron microscope. Las Vegas is experiencing a syphilis outbreak, as health officials warn of a national spike in cases that some are tying to increased testing, as well as the prevalence of anonymous sex through social media and a less consistent use of condoms. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Health safety net fails to stop syphilis

Lauren Weber - KFF Health News
(Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tone It Up)

Dentists say kombucha is ruining teeth

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/DWPhoto)

Earth Day isn't what it used to be

Kate Yoder - Grist
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