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The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

Russell Payne
Children bobbing for apples (Connect Images / Getty Images )

Why do we bob for apples?

Joy Saha
A woman mourns her two sons, who were executed by Bosnian Serb forces during the Srebrenica genocide, at the Potocari cemetery. (hoto by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Bosnian genocide survivors can't forget

Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

America's slide into totalitarianism

Mike Lofgren
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A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Adolf Hitler visits the Dresden exhibition "Degenerate Art" in 1935. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Nazi crusade against modern art

Nicholas Liu
Boston terrier wearing headphones listening to music. (Getty Images / retales botijero)

The animals that keep a beat

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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"Bad trips" can have surprising benefits

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Universe starscape 3D illustration with colorful soundwave. (Getty Images / EzumeImages)

Space is noisy. We just can't hear it

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Virus (Getty Images / Yuichiro Chino)

Viruses are in us. And are us. It's ok.

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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Does alien life smell like the sea?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Guests attend the Haute Living Collectors Dinner With The Macallan At Zero Bond on Aug. 25, 2022 in New York City. (Getty Images/Eugene Gologursky)

Welcome to the club. That'll be $200K

Esther Luz
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Three-months old baby bonobo Nakarla (L) plays with its mother Ukela on March 19, 2008 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M. (THOMAS LOHNES/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

Do talking animals deserve human rights?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A man measures the leaves of the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower at Palupuah Forest, Agam District, West Sumatra, Indonesia on September 16, 2024. (Getty Images / Anadolu / Contributor)

Flowers that stink: It's science!

Troy Farah
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres’ south polar region on May 17, 2017. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)

Dwarf planet could reveal origin of life

Elizabeth Howell
Narcan and fentanyl test strips are available for free at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Fighting Trump’s harm reduction cuts

Niko Vorobyov
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Deep-sea octopus Moosoctopus profundorum in his own garden with stalk lilies Ptilocrinus pinnatus (Russia, Bering Sea, Piip volcano, depth 2700 meters) (Getty Images / undefined undefined)

Deep sea mining threatens the unknown

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Woman having painful stomachache. (Getty Images / athima tongloom)

Think twice before a parasite cleanse

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A person reading a novel with a tattered American flag and President Donald Trump displayed in the background (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / FreshSplash / Rebecca Noble / imagedepotpro)

When a president goes rogue — in fiction

David King Dunaway
Nadir view of the Martian South Pole. (Getty Images / Stocktrek Images)

Did it once snow on Mars?

Elizabeth Howell
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"De-extincting" species is a distraction

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A Pacific giant octopus crawls over a colorful anemone filled bottom. (Getty Images / Mauricio Handler)

Maybe don't anthropomorphize octopuses

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A framed vulture surrounded by beautiful flowers (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / milanosss / 500px / Eduardo R / Tomekbudujedomek / Sergey Ryumin)

Your mom's so ugly

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Young woman with her son protesting in the street. (Getty Images / FG Trade)

The moms fighting for climate justice

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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