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Humanimal: How Homo sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History by Adam Rutherford (Getty/00Mate00/The Experiment)

Why humans are unique among animals

Adam Rutherford
In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Laura Berick, left, a retired art dealer, has lunch with Justine Myers at Berick's home at Judson Manor, in Cleveland. In a research project, graduate-level students live among residents of the Judson Manor retirement home. The study looks at the impact of isolation and loneliness, aging and stereotypes of retirees by students and vice versa. Myers is an artist-in-residence at Judson Park. She is an Oberlin College graduate student studying music. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (AP)

Understanding loneliness in older adults

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
(livespringwater.com)

The power of hydrogen

Nicholas Leadbeater - The Conversation
A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

How clean air transformed America

Gary Fuller
(AP)

Should you eat US chicken?

Kirsty Vitarelli - WhoWhatWhy
Andrew Wheeler (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Wheeler stalls on protecting water

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(AP)

Humanity falls short of its goals

Michael Graw - Massive Science
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, Cinder Sonis, right, an advocate with Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, helps a customer enroll in an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan in Honolulu. Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump's main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it's unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File) (AP)

New health plans risk the insured

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
(Getty Images)

Mental health crisis among the US youth

Jean Twenge - The Conversation
FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, a Chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville, Wash. Federal authorities want to add more hatchery-raised fish to the 28 Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

What would the salmon say?

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, a discarded syringe sits in the dirt with other debris under a highway overpass where drug users are known to congregate in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (AP)

How bankruptcy would affect Purdue

Nicolas Paul Terry - The Conversation
(Getty/kamil/Census)

The U.S.'s "GoFundMe-care"

Klaus Marre, DonkeyHotey - WhoWhatWhy
FILE - In this June 17, 2014, file photo, a shopper looks at an item in the dairy section of a Kroger grocery store in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Shutdown hardship for SNAP recipients

Orgul Demet Ozturk, Chad Cotti, John Gordanier - The Conversation
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Plastic is probably harming your health

Robin Scher - Independent Media Institute
Artist’s impression of `Oumuamua (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Why 'Oumuamua sped up as it flew by

Camille M. Carlisle - Sky & Telescope
This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015 shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle, center. Measles is considered one of the most infectious diseases known. The virus is spread through the air when someone infected coughs or sneezes. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cynthia Goldsmith) (AP)

Why measles broke out in N.Y.

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
(AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Hidden FDA report on medical devices

Christina Jewett - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (AP)

If the clouds disappear, we're screwed

Greta Moran - Grist
(Getty/Martin Dimitrov)

All alone with thousands of friends

Sharon Jayson - KFF Health News

A psychopath vs. a "shy-chopath"

John Edens - The Conversation
(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

Can viruses fight superbugs?

David Pride - The Conversation
"How to Be Human in the Digital Economy" by Nicholas Agar (MIT Press)

Uber vs. Airbnb: divergent paths

Nicholas Agar
(Getty/ThitareeSarmkasat)

Life gets better for HIV-positive

Nicole Karlis
(Shutterstock)

The danger of partnering with industry

Jonathan H. Marks - The Conversation
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