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Campers hiking in a foggy field (Getty Images/rbkomar)

Surviving the troubled teen industry

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Scuba diver with a large school of batfish and a green sea turtle. (Getty Images/Georgette Douwma)

Turtle shells tainted by radioactivity

Anita Hofschneider - Grist
A member of the public poses for a photo in front of Tower Bridge whilst wearing a protective mask (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

COVID's summer surge continues into fall

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Theoretical Physicist Avi Loeb speaks during the New Space Exploration Initiative "Breakthrough Starshot" Announcement at One World Observatory on April 12, 2016 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Foundation)

Proof of aliens on the deep sea floor?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Close-up of senior woman using cannabis at home (Getty Images/Emilija Manevska)

It's time to deschedule marijuana

Ricardo Baca
Spinning Galaxy (Getty Images/cokada)

Singing the ancient hymn of the Big Bang

Rae Hodge
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the lowering of drug pricing in the East Room of the White House on August 29, 2023 in Washington DC, United States. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

About the new drug pricing negotiations

Arthur Allen, Rachana Pradhan, David Hilzenrath - KFF Health News
A pigeon flies over a Exxon mobil gas station (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)

Exxon: climate goals destined to fail

Lyric Aquino - Grist
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector assembly is pictured in a tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), during maintenance works on February 6, 2020 in Cessy, France, near Geneva. (VALENTIN FLAURAUD/AFP via Getty Images)

LHC finds neutrinos

Matthew Rozsa
An abortion rights demonstrator holds a sign near the US Capitol during the annual Women's March to support Women's Rights in Washington, DC, October 8, 2022. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Prepping for college under abortion bans

April Dembosky - KFF Health News
A boardwalk at the Clearwater Harbor Marina in Clearwater, Florida, is flooded by the rising tide on August 30, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Idalia slams Florida

Matthew Rozsa
Sierra Nevada Mountains (Getty Images/Alex Potemkin)

Lawsuit halts mining in Sierra Nevadas

Elizabeth Hlavinka
This artist’s impression shows the pulsar PSR J1023+0038 stealing gas from its companion star. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Dead star burps cosmic cannonballs

Elizabeth Hlavinka
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard as a live telecast is aired near a clock tower in Srinagar on August 23, 2023, showing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft minutes before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the Moon. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images)

Why India's moon lander matters

Mariel Borowitz - The Conversation
Person reading online news on a smartphone and laptop (Getty Images/oatawa)

Defending against online disinformation

Gary N. Smith
Local residents clean up the street in the aftermath of the flooding at a village following heavy rains in Beijing on August 3, 2023. (JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change may kill 1 billion people

Matthew Rozsa
Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Getty Images)

High heat can stop plant photosynthesis

Katie Myers - Grist
Respiratory syncytial virus RSV vaccine vial with syringe and stethoscope (Getty Images/Manjurul)

RSV vaccine major step for infant health

Annette Regan, Flor M. Munoz - The Conversation
Ouroboros and binary code (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Untangling the AI ouroboros

Rae Hodge
Dark clouds are seen due to the tropical storm Idalia in Havana, on August 28, 2023. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)

Idalia may become a hurricane this week

Matthew Rozsa
Crowds of people walk along the pavement at Shibuya Crossing, one of the busiest intersections in the world, in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on April 5, 2023. (RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why are COVID names so confusing?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Girl with dog spending time in the park enjoying good music (Getty Images/martin-dm)

Why dogs key into cute-sie baby voices

Matthew Rozsa
Lone penguin standing on ice floe (Getty Images/Andrew Peacock)

Sea level rise may be catastrophic

Matthew Rozsa
A little girl holding her protective face mask looking at the open playground (Getty Images/lithiumcloud)

Long COVID is debilitating children

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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