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Scott Pruitt (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EPA proposes weak ban on toxic chemical

Sarah Okeson
(AP Photo/Nick Wagner)

What will we eat in 2050?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Larry Benvenuti/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Danger awaits sea turtles in the ocean

Pamela T. Plotkin - The Conversation
(Getty/agrobacter)

Diabetes can't be reversed. Or can it?

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/dottedhippo)

Looking for life on BZ509

Nicole Karlis
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1189015'>cosmin4000</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

The dark side of genetic testing

Sarah Catherine Nelson - The Conversation
(Shutterstock/Getty)

First, marijuana—magic mushrooms next?

Barbara Feder Ostrov - KFF Health News
(Shutterstock)

The Polaroid turns 70

Ann Elsner - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Offshore wind industry is taking off

Matthew Lackner, Erin Baker - The Conversation
((Wikimedia/Richard Wheeler - Zephyris))

Billionaires are rushing into biotech

Josh Peters
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-4303p1.html'>Christy Thompson</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Discovering of "jumping genes"

Yewande Pearse

My $7,500 kombucha addiction

Amanda Medress
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Wildfire risks are high again this year

Ragan Adams - The Conversation
(<a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/anupreet-walia/">Anypreet Walia</a>)

Coexisting with dangerous species

Hannah Thomasy
(Getty/Stuart Ritchie)

Understanding pain could curb addiction

Susan Sered - The Conversation
(AP/M. Spencer Green)

Stop persecuting the obese

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/John Moore)

Choosing between death and deportation

Dan Gorenstein - KFF Health News
(Getty/Dean Mitchell)

Survival for the Sandwich Generation

Jody Gastfriend
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Julia+Tsokur'>Julia Tsokur</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Bitcoin’s energy use report is damning

Eric Holthaus - Grist
(Getty/Shutterstock/salon)

EPA's long history of industry collusion

Jonathan R. Latham
In this March 16, 2017 photo, sugar tax stickers are posted by sweetened beverages at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. Less than three months into Philadelphia's new tax on sweetened drinks, the stakes have escalated: Beverage makers say the measure is hurting sales so much they need to cut jobs, while city officials say the moves are a ploy to get the tax struck down. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Diet soda may be hurting your diet

Eunice Zhang - The Conversation
(Getty/BartekSzewczyk)

Americans are more anxious than before

Jacek Debiec - The Conversation
In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, photo, a worker walks across an area where coal ash removal is underway at the Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy Corp. is digging up and hauling away the toxic coal residues two years after one of the worst coal-ash spills in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (AP)

Coal ash contains toxic chemicals

Laura Mast
(Shutterstock)

The next big discovery in astronomy?

Eileen Meyer - The Conversation
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