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Pumpjack at oil industry against cloudy sky during sunset in North Dakota, USA (Getty Images)

N.D. to sue Minn. over clean energy

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Colorful poppies and other wildflowers at the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve one hour north of Los Angeles, drawing visitors to a "super bloom" on March 31, 2019, near Lancaster, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

Tourists could ruin Cali "superbloom"

Troy Farah
Logistics and transportation of Container Cargo ship (Getty Images/Thatree Thitivongvaroon)

Shipping is causing a carbon nightmare

Joseph Winters - Grist
Ron Fodo, Ohio EPA Emergency Response, looks for signs of fish and also agitates the water in Leslie Run creek to check for chemicals that have settled at the bottom following a train derailment that is causing environmental concerns on February 20, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

Living in a petrochemical hub

Eve Andrews - Grist
A member of the medical staff (L) checking the body temperature of a patient who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI director believes lab leak theory

Matthew Rozsa
Woman struggling to sleep at night (Getty Images/Motortion)

Abidemi Otaiku
Tucker Carlson | Humpback Whales Spotted Around New York City (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Right spreading misinfo on wind power

Nicole Karlis
Homes along Gross Loop off of KY-15 are flooded with water from the North Fork of the Kentucky River. (Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Strip mines blamed amid floodwaters rise

Brett Marsh - Grist
Chain of amino acid or bio molecules called protein (Getty Images/Christoph Burgstedt)

The alphabet soup of ancient life

Troy Farah
Abstract portrait of a woman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Those with autism feel pain more acutely

Matthew Rozsa
Silhouette of a man looking at the Milky Way Stars shining above (Getty Images)

Chris Impey, Connie Walker
Supermassive Black Hole (Getty Images/solarseven)

Astronomers eye a "runaway" black hole

Nicole Karlis
Bird Flu (Getty Images/Peter Garrard Beck)

Bird flu outbreak spills over to farms

Treana Mayer - The Conversation
Day Octopus, Octopus cyanea, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. (Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The mystery of the octopus' brain

Troy Farah
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

Fossil fuel subsidies surge amid war

Jake Bittle - Grist
Officials continue to conduct operation and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on February 17, 2023. (US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Expert assesses risk in East Palestine

Andrew J. Whelton - The Conversation
X7 location relative to the supermassive black hole (Anna Ciurlo/UCLA)

The cloud at the center of the galaxy

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Ociacia)

Are we ready for killer robots?

James Dawes - The Conversation
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Why we can’t predict earthquakes yet

Harold Tobin - The Conversation
Pregnant woman sitting in bed (Getty Images/NataliaDeriabina)

Alcohol changes baby's face shape: study

Nicole Karlis
Barred Owl mother keeps a watchful eye on her fledglings (Getty Images/Judith Rawcliffe)

Owl-Qaeda shoots one owl to save another

Christopher J. Preston
'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires at Russian positions in Kharkiv region on October 4, 2022. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from the a year of war

Laura Jones - The Conversation
A pregnant woman in the foreground as the unrecognizable doctor shows her an ultrasound (Getty Images/SDI Productions)

The rise in pregnancy over 45

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Back view of shirtless man (Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles)

The men who fear orgasms

Troy Farah
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