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The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk's exploded rocket devastates a town

Troy Farah
Plastic particles on finger tip (JOKER / Alexander Stein/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Microplastics messing with our hormones

Nicole Karlis
Mars and Deimos (Getty Images/ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI)

Origin of Deimos thrown into question

Matthew Rozsa
Thousands of teachers march in the rain through Los Angeles, California on January 14, 2019, on the first day of the first teachers strike in 30 years targeting the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Positive repercussions from LAUSD strike

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute
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Total Solar Eclipse (Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Everything to know about 2024's eclipse

Troy Farah
Lady on smartphone in bed (Getty Images/Sergey Mironov)

Social Media adds to weight loss craze

Darius Tahir, Hannah Norman - KFF Health News
Spring blossom pollen (Getty Images/mammuth)

Why are allergies so bad this spring?

Nicole Karlis
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at The Unity Council on May 10, 2021 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Calif.'s new safety net for the homeless

Angela Hart - KFF Health News
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Puppy And Kitten Cuddling (Getty Images / Alicea Love / EyeEm)

How domestication changes animal genes

Matthew Rozsa
People from Masai community, one of the oldest tribes in East Africa, living in a semi-nomadic state, preserving their traditions in Masai Mara, 290 kilometers to Kenya's capital Nairobi are seen during their daily life on March 04, 2023. (Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Maasai to UN: Intervene on human rights

Joseph Lee - Grist
(Getty Images)

Microplastics are in your laundry

Saqib Rahim - Grist
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

Akielly Hu - Grist
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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
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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
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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
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