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An aerial view of an iceberg while scientists conduct a research on effects of climate change during 8th National Antarctic Science Expedition organized by TUBTAK MAM Polar Research Institute as they have discovered that ice cuticles, sized as much as Turkiye, melted due to the effects of climate change in Antarctica, which is described as the coldest and driest continent of the planet on February 8, 2024. (Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Tipping point" for Antarctic ice melt

Matthew Rozsa
A Palestinian woman shakes olives to filter off leaves during the olive harvest at a grove outside Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November 11, 2023. (ARIS MESSINIS / Getty Images)

The archeobotany of occupation

Rae Hodge
In an aerial view, people walk through a section of the 'The Zone', Phoenix's largest homeless encampment, amid the city's worst heat wave on record on July 26, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Big Oil guilty of murder for heat waves?

Matthew Rozsa
Temple Of Kukulkan El Castillo pyramid, Chichen Itza Mayan ruins, Yucatan, Mexico. (Marco Bottigelli)

Upending the virgin girl sacrifice trope

Rae Hodge
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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams (KSC/NASA/Francisco Martin)

NASA must analyze Starliner failures

Rae Hodge
NW Iowa Little Sioux River (Getty Images/lynngrae)

Iowa floods bring risk of "fecal soup"

Marin Scotten
Child Mind Institute Convenes Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on World Mental Health Day for Youth Panel on October 10, 2023 in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Gun violence "a public health crisis"

Rachana Pradhan, Fred Clasen-Kelly - KFF Health News
A rainbow is seen from the hotel where Val and Kali Casco have been staying near Lahaina, HI, on Aug. 29, 2023. (Tamir Kalifa for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Youth force Hawai'i climate action

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 20 Starlink internet satellites into space soars across the sky after sunset above the Pacific Ocean after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 18, 2024, as seen from San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

SpaceX pulls off a double-header

Rae Hodge
Thumbs Up, Drowning In Data (Photo illustration by Salon/GEtty Images)

The hypocrisy of AI doomerism

Émile P. Torres
The male Iberian lynx Kalama pictured in his enclosure at Madrid zoo. (Jorge Sanz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Iberian Lynxes are no longer endangered

Matthew Rozsa
Plastic bottles and other single-use plastic waste are seen floating in Khlong Toey canal. (Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Delusion of advanced plastic recycling

Lisa Song - ProPublica
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Elderly woman at doctors examination (Getty Images/Halfpoint Images)

The true cost of aging well

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Digital generated image of abstract AI chat icons over digital surface. (Andriy Onufriyenko, getty images)

Power-hungry AI centers strain grid

Griffin Eckstein
Drivers wait in a long line of cars for a COVID-19 test at a drive-through test site on December 9, 2020 in Riverside, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"Flying blind" with bird flu

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
US actors Jake Gyllenhaal (L), Dennis Quaid (2nd L) and actress Emmy Rossum (2nd R) share a light moment with German director Roland Emmerich (R) during a photo session before a press conference to promote their movie "The Day After Tomorrow" in Tokyo, 31 May 2004. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

The complicated legacy of a climate film

Matthew Rozsa
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A labourer is silhouetted against the setting sun as he bathes on a hot summer day in Jammu on June 1, 2024. (MUKESH GUPTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change promises more deadly heat

Matthew Rozsa
In late 2019, the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly started shining brighter than ever before and was classified as having an active galactic nucleus, powered by a massive black hole in the galaxy’s core. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Scientists witness a black hole awaken

Matthew Rozsa
Empty hospital beds in hospital corridor (Getty Images/Jackyenjoyphotography)

The high price of whistleblowing

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Plate from 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle', published in London, 1839-1843, and edited by the British originator of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin (1809-1882). (SSPL/Getty Images)

The enduring mystery of Darwin’s warrah

Nikolas Kozloff
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Bird Flu Infected Animals: Cow, Chicken, Cat and Mouse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The biggest mysteries about bird flu

Troy Farah, Nicole Karlis
Child pouring water on himself on a hot day (Getty Images/AlesVeluscek)

Climate change damages children's brains

Matthew Rozsa
Transgender male patient being examined in hospital (Getty Images/rparobe)

Fighting cancer risks in LGBTQ health

Rae Hodge
Former US Secretary of State and former Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a session at CERAWeek by S&P Global Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Hilton Americas-Houston in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

John Kerry on climate change and Trump

Matthew Rozsa
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