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Anti-Covid dogs in the room where they smell the swabs trained by professionals in the fields of safety & security to recognise the presence of Covid-19 in the sweat of patients at the Drive-in Campus test at the Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, on March 29, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

How dogs are being used to fight COVID

Nicole Karlis
Planet Mars (Getty Images/SCIEPRO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Earthquakes on Mars reveal core mystery

Troy Farah
Medical Billing (Getty Images)

NY surgery provider sues 300 patients

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News
A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How NOTAM keeps planes in the sky

Brian Strzempkowski - The Conversation
A protester holds up a placard demanding research into Long Covid-19 during the demonstration. (Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Is long COVID a ticking time bomb?

Philip Finkelstein
An adult elephant sprays water from its trunk after taking a drink in a watering hole. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

For elephants, "family is everything"

Matthew Rozsa
A stop sign in the Delaware River at Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 26, 2023. Water in Philadelphia has been deemed unsafe to drink following a chemical spill in the Delaware River, leading to water bottles being sold out across the city. (Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The growing list of chemical accidents

Max Graham - Grist
Sad woman lying on sofa at home (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

In the brain, loneliness is like hunger

Nicole Karlis
Chef spreading flour on pizza dough (Getty Images/IMAGINESTOCK)

Celiac disease is on the rise. Why?

Nicole Karlis
Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest on September 12, 2019 outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, over their recent controversial opioid settlement. Participants dropped hundreds prescription bottles of OxyContin while holding tombstones with the names of opioids casualties and banners reading "Shame on Sackler" and "200 Dead Each Day". (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Biden quiet on opioid settlements

Aneri Pattani - KFF Health News
Lost River Caverns in Hellertown, Pennsylvania (Wiki Commons/Horseluv10)

The world is full of mystery rivers

Matthew Rozsa
5 year old boy using a digital tablet in the dark (Getty Images/Thanasis Zovoilis)

AI supercharging misinformation's spread

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith
Climate activists from 'Fridays for Future' take part in a protest against the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 between the Pyramid of Cestius and Circo Massimo in Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change skepticism is dying out

James Painter - The Conversation
Activists hold abortion rights signs and shout slogans while joining in a rally. Abortion rights activists rallied outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

SCOTUS: Abortion pill is safe — for now

Matthew Rozsa
Climate change activists take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019. (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Ore. bill targets eco-activists

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Repair work is done on power lines affected by Hurricane Maria April 18, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Getty Images)

Puerto Rico's "energy resilience" goals

Gabriela Aoun Angueira - Grist
Distracted child (Getty Images/AHMET YARALI)

The dark history of the ADHD diagnosis

Matthew Rozsa
Patient arriving at medical clinic (Getty Images/FG Trade)

Climate change may bring more pandemics

Matthew Rozsa
Colorful sunset overlooking the Colorado River deep in the Grand Canyon (Dean Fikar/Getty Images)

Colorado River fight pits CA against AZ

Jake Bittle - Grist
Image of a worm that is genetically engineered so that certain neurons and muscles are fluorescent. (Stacy Levichev)

Worms get munchies from weed, too

Troy Farah
Colorado River Toad (Getty Images/Mirko_Rosenau)

Scientists debunk drug church's claims

Troy Farah
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)

Abortion pill case deadline extended

Matthew Rozsa
Bandaged Hand and Electricity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Electricity, not time, heals wounds

Matthew Rozsa
Kathy Griffin attending HBO's Official 2019 Emmy After Party on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (FilmMagic/FilmMagic for HBO/Getty Images)

What is complex PTSD, and who gets it?

Nicole Karlis
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