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Empty xylazine bottle found on the streets of Philadelphia (Christopher Moraff / Narcomedia)

What is xylazine?

Kavita Babu - The Conversation

Hany Farid
A Capuchin monkey rests on a tree branch in the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala. (Camilo Freedman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The magic tricks for monkeys study

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/metamorworks)

Did an AI harvest your Facebook photos?

Nicole Karlis
A contractor walks through Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina Saturday morning August 23, 2003 where vandals torched and vandalized sport utility vehicles early Friday morning. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

Eco-activism comes to mainstream fiction

Kate Yoder - Grist
Aerial view of the Iririki island facing Port Vila, Vanuatu capital city in the south pacific (Getty Images/@ Didier Marti)

Vanuatu scores a big climate win

Siri Chilukuri - Grist
PrEP pills to help protect people from HIV (Getty Images/YakubovAlim)

PrEP ruling will increase HIV spread

Nicole Karlis
A young teenager on the computer late at night (Getty Images/Ben Welsh)

Will Utah's social media bill help kids?

Nicole Karlis
Nuclear Plant Cooling Towers (Getty Images/John Harper)

Biden hopes to scale up energy storage

Akielly Hu - Grist
Moon surface with view sunrise of the earth (Getty Images/RomoloTavani)

NASA names 4 astronauts for Moon mission

Matthew Rozsa
Child and puppies (Getty Images/Sergey Ryumin)

Treating food allergies with... dog fur?

Matthew Rozsa
A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

US cities want to send plastic to Mexico

Joseph Winters - Grist
Antarctica (Getty Images/Yvonne Wacht)

Melting ice may strangle ocean currents

Katie Myers - Grist
Woman burdened by her husband and children (Getty Images/Malte Mueller)

The quiet burden of "Emotional Labor"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Worried young woman sitting on bed at home. (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

The mental health impact of Dobbs

Nicole Karlis
The California Condor is the largest bird in North America. They are endangered species. (Getty Images/Weili Li)

Condors return, lead poisoning persists

Juliet Grable - The Revelator
Mature businessman adjusting tie (Getty Images/Hans Neleman)

The American myth of the "bootstraps"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Adult woman lying in bed with dog (Getty Images/The Good Brigade)

How loneliness gets in your cells

Shilpa Ravella
Tired woman haunched over her laptop, feeling tired and burnout (Getty Images/Boy_Anupong)

How to fix “burnout brain”

Monica Manmadkar
Red Winged Blackbird in Flight (Getty Images/Gail Shotlander)

Climate extremes threaten birds

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Cooking Popcorn In The Microwave (Getty Images / Roberto Pangiarella / EyeEm)

Microwave popcorn's toxic secret

Matthew Rozsa
A view of damage after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi, United States on March 25, 2023. At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi late Friday. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Climate change increasing tornado risk

Siri Chilukuri - Grist
Faucet with Water Drip (Getty Images)

It’s not just oceans that are rising

Julia Kane, Lina Tran, Diana Kruzman - Grist
Planet Venus (Getty Images/3quarks)

NASA changes its mind about Venus

Matthew Rozsa
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