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Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently having a discussion using hand gestures (Getty Images/curioustiger)

What chimp kids tell us about language

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A member of the Prado fire crew pours water over his head to cool off in the 105 degree heat while putting out hotspots at the Rabbit fire on July 16, 2023 in Beaumont, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Last 12 months were hottest in history

Matthew Rozsa
Bacteriophage infecting bacterium (Getty Images/Design Cells)

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses

Ivan Erill - The Conversation
Intergrated sustainable energy close to the modern industrial zone buildings (Getty Images/Yaorusheng)

What's good for Earth is good for people

Matthew Rozsa
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Empty wooden crib (Getty Images/Alexey Emelyanov)

Why infant mortality is on the rise

Nicole Karlis
An oil pumpjack works in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022 in Stanton, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Fossil fuel industry blocks climate goal

Dennis Meredith - Undark
Woman using smart phone late at night (Getty Images/Oscar Wong)

Does blue light make it hard to sleep?

Matthew Rozsa
Above view of a class at elementary school (Getty Images/skynesher)

How rigid schooling fails autistic kids

Matthew Rozsa
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Tattoo artist designing motifs (Getty Images/Westend61)

The tattoo stigma exists, study finds

Nicole Karlis
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (R) looks on as President Joe Biden signs a new executive order guiding his administration's approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden's excutive order on AI explained

Rae Hodge
A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl in Los Angeles, California, January 19, 2022. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Why few kids are getting the COVID shot

Nicole Karlis
A mushroom cloud after an atomic blast, 1950s. (Lambert/Getty Images)

A new $10B nuke? No thanks, Pentagon

Rae Hodge
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Joro Spider (Getty Images/Gummy Bone)

Joro spiders are invading the US

Matthew Rozsa
This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI), one of the most detailed images returned by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during its flyby of the asteroid binary. (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO)

NASA finds a surprise asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
Man Speaking On Energy and Climate (Getty Images/Laurence Dutton)

Most countries can’t access climate data

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
After her primary care doctor retired in 2020, Anne Withrow, a trans woman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sought care at Truman Health Services, a clinic specializing in transgender health care at the University of New Mexico. “They said, ‘We have a waiting list.’ A year later they still had a waiting list,” she said. She was eventually seen at a local community-based health center instead. (CECILIA NOWELL FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Transgender refugees flock to New Mexico

Cecilia Nowell - KFF Health News
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A doctor is injecting a vaccine to a baby (Getty Images/Karl Tapales)

Why the new RSV shot is hard to find

Nicole Karlis
Man stands with umbrella outside looking at large collection of big alarm clocks drowning in the sea. (Getty Images/mikkelwilliam)

What is a world without time?

Meghan Beaudry
SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks with other delegates during day one of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 01, 2023 in Bletchley, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Musk testing snarky AI bot named Grok

Kelly McClure
Sea stars on ocean floor (Getty Images/Patrick J. Endres)

Starfish are walking heads: Study

Matthew Rozsa
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Colorful Plastic Bottle Caps 655465824 (Getty Images/Deanna Kelly)

Chemical recycling a dangerous deception

Joseph Winters - Grist
American shorthair striped cat with a dissatisfied face (Getty Images/Kilito Chan)

New research on getting cat emotions

Matthew Rozsa
Dental floss (Getty Images/Artem Sokolov)

Is your floss toxic?

Nicole Karlis
Hot sun. (chuchart duangdaw via Getty Images)

Earth heating up faster than predicted

Matthew Rozsa
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