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Science & Health (page 79)

Salon covers science and health news through investigations, insightful reporting, commentary and analysis.

Neuralink logo is displayed on mobile with founder Elon Musk seen on screen in the background. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

FDA greenlights Musk's Neuralink trials

David Tuffley - The Conversation
A selection of deep-sea specimens from the Natural History Museum in London's collection. (Trustees of the Natural History Museum London)

5,000 new species threatened by mining

Matthew Rozsa
Engineer at recycling center (Getty Images/Pramote Polyamate)

Plastic causing "ecological disruption"

Matthew Rozsa
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why rural abortion battlegrounds matter

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
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Robot playing chess with human (Getty Images/xijian)

AI reflects hyberbolic history of tech

Luke Fernandez
This handout photo dated 31 October 2002 shows an aerial view of the new elevated station (bottom-C) being built at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. (DAVID MCCARTHY/AFP via Getty Images)

Living large at the South Pole

John Messick
Immigrants seeking asylum, who were apprehended at the time Title 42 expired are processed, by U.S. Border Patrol agents, after crossing into Arizona from Mexico, on May 11, 2023 in Yuma, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Does immigration really increase crime?

Troy Farah
Teacher teaching about wind energy (Getty Images/andreswd)

Universities have to do more for climate

Peter W. Reiners
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Doctor examining breasts with mammogram (Getty Images)

Why mammograms don't go far enough

Jenna Lay
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers the keynote address during the 2016 Microsoft Build Developer Conference on March 30, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The week's wildest tech moments

Rae Hodge
Supreme Court under polluted water (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is helping polluters

Matthew Rozsa
People gather for International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why forced drug treatment is violence

Tyson Singh Kelsall, Alya Govorchin, Lyana Patrick - The Conversation
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Man alone at a train station at night (Getty Images)

We need more discussion of depression

David DeWitt
Elephant and Frog (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Zoo animals react to humans

Matthew Rozsa
Illustration of AI robot. (Getty Images)

How ChatGPT fosters science denial

Gale Sinatra, Barbara K. Hofer - The Conversation
Statue Of Liberty (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New York’s public housing is sinking

Lylla Younes - Grist
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Upset mother and empty crib (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A psychedelic clue to the cause of SIDS

Nicole Karlis
Gas pump in gas station (Getty Images/MR.WUTTISAK PROMCHOO)

Target gas 'superusers' for climate

Kate Yoder - Grist
Oak Flats in Superior, Arizona. (Andrew Lichtenstein/ Corbis via Getty Images)

Biden saves Oak Flat Apache site for now

Lyric Aquino - Grist
People march to the Capitol to protest for a ban on assault weapons, in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 17, 2023. (Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Are we ignoring gun violence survivors?

Matthew Rozsa
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Illustration of two black holes orbiting each other emitting gravitational waves, a prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity (Getty Images/Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library)

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back

Chad Hanna - The Conversation
3D render of a man with strong pain in head (Getty Images/peterschreiber.media)

Decoding signals of pain in the brain

Prasad Shirvalkar - The Conversation
LP 791-18 d, shown here in an artist's concept, is an Earth-size world about 90 light-years away. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KRBwyle))

Are volcanoes needed for alien life?

Nicole Karlis
Baby Orca whale with its pod. (Getty Images/thecrystalfocus)

Why are killer whales attacking boats?

Luke Rendell - The Conversation
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