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Friends drinking cocktail in a restaurant bar in summer days with protective face mask and practicing alternative greeting, during COVID-19 pandemic. (Getty Images)

Social behavior hurts pandemic response

Eyal Oren - The Conversation
Man holding a swear word sign in front of his mouth (Getty Images/Dimitri Otis)

For Pete's sake – who is Pete?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Zesting the peel of a lemon on a microplane grater (Getty Images/Jon Lovette)

These tools will transform your cooking

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Close-Up Of Woman Hand Holding Tampons (Isabel Pavia)

"Period poverty" is real

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A refrigerated display case of fruit and drinks (Getty Images/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)

Why not all calories are created equal

Terezie Tolar-Peterson - The Conversation
A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman, along with other cutouts of people involved in the Capitol insurrection, stand on the National Mall ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce joint hearing on Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation in Washington on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The cutouts were placed by the group SumOfUs as an attempt to highlight the role Facebook and other social media organizations played in the Capitol insurrection. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

What misinformation will 2022 bring?

Anjana Susarla, Dam Hee Kim, Ethan Zuckerman - The Conversation
A bustling hallway in the emergency department at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital due to coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Oceanside, New York (Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images)

Inside a hospital during a COVID surge

Matthew Wynia - The Conversation
(Julia Gartland / Food52)

What the hock is a ham hock?

Kelly Vaughan - Food52
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Starbucks, Amazon and GameStop (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Top 10 corporate blunders of 2021

Jon Skolnik
Peppermint bark (Getty Images/The Picture Pantry/Alanna Taylor Tobin)

How to melt chocolate in an Instant Pot

Ashlie D. Stevens
Homemade Christmas cookies being prepared (Getty Images/Mrs_2015)

Your ultimate holiday cookie prep guide

Ashlie D. Stevens
Variety of Christmas cookies (Getty Images/Alexander Spatari)

A brief history of the Christmas cookie

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Anti-vaccine mandate protesters demonstrate, on August 24, 2021, outside of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, to support the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act, a bill that would prohibit mandatory vaccinations, and vaccination status disclosures. (STEPHEN ZENNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers co-opt "my body, my choice"

Nathan Nobis
Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

2021: The year of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Jon Skolnik
An aerial photo shows damage, as cleanup efforts continue after tornado, hit Mayfield, Kentucky, United States on December 12, 2021. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Climate change drives deadly storms

John Allen - The Conversation
Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A philosopher on bad abortion arguments

Nathan Nobis
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Model of Human Coronavirus, fractured (Getty Images/Alexandr Gnezdilov Light Painting)

What you need to know about omicron

Louis Jacobson - KFF Health News
Author Alice Sebold in New York City (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Timeline of Alice Sebold's "Lucky" saga

Trish Rooney, Hanh Nguyen
The James Webb Space Telescope hovering over Earth, concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Meet Hubble's ambitious successor

Daniel Karel
Coronavirus, COVID-19 concept (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Everything we know about Omicron variant

Brett Bachman
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Demonstrates protest during "Fire Drill Friday" climate change protest on December 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. Speakers address the ways in which climate change affects migration and human rights. The movement demands fast action for a "Green New Deal," including renewable energy by 2030, and no new exploration or drilling for fossil fuels, including the end to taxpayer subsidies to oil companies. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Society can go on despite climate change

Marianne Apostolides - Undark
Typing on laptop (Getty Images)

The future of work is hybrid

Alanah Mitchell - The Conversation
Borax Laundry Soap Box (Lauren A. Little/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images)

Why anti-vaxxers are bathing in Borax

Matthew Rozsa
Cows grazing (Getty Images)

The spooky origins of vaccines

Brendan Borrell - Undark
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