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Doctor put label COVID-19 vaccine sticker on vaccination card (Getty Images)

Is it a crime to forge a vaccine card?

Christopher Robertson, Wesley Oliver - The Conversation
Tom Daley of Great Britain knits during the preliminary round of the men's 3m springboard at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on day ten of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Pandemic hobbies are good for the brain

Ruth Kogen Goodwin
A collapsed bridge in Mexico Beach, Florida on October 12, 2018, two days after Hurricane Michael struck. (Charlotte Kesl for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The media gets climate change right

Kate Yoder - Grist
Vials and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States logo. FDA finds the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Don't fear "unapproved" medicine

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Trash in the ocean water (Getty Images/Juan Camilo Bernal)

Environmental treaties US should ratify

Tara Lohan - The Revelator
In this photo illustration a box of Ivermectina medicine seen on display. Manufactured by Vitamedic in Brazil Ivermectin has attracted global controversy as a potential COVID treatment. The World Health Organisation has advised against widespread use of the drug as a treatment for Covid 19. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Don't buy the ivermectin hype

Nicole Karlis
Child with face mask back at school after covid-19 quarantine and lockdown (Getty Images)

Reading, 'rithmetic and resisting COVID

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
Woman reading in bed (Getty Images/Luis Alvarez)

The reason reading makes you sleepy

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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Smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts through the L.A. Basin, obscuring downtown skyscrapers in a view from a closed Griffith Observatory on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Adam Mahoney
Marleen Puzak of Denver celebrates the 2014 Denver Pridefest with her French Bulldog "Beignet" at Civic Center Park. Denver, Colorado. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images))

When are the dog days of summer?

Kara Kovalchik - Mental Floss
Butter (Getty Images/Natalie Board)

How to buy butter like Julia Child

Ashlie D. Stevens
Building of the company Johnson and Johnson | Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't fear the vaccine warnings

Justin Vesser - The Conversation
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Hubble Space Telescope (Getty Images/James Benet)

Hubble stops, and starts again

Nicole Karlis
Felix Auto Repair in Salton Sea, California on March 2, 2020. (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Why record highs aren't meaningful

Peter W. Reiners
Microplastic in spoon (Getty Images/Olena Sakhnenko)

Microplastics: An explainer

Matthew Rozsa
A young woman receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Alberto Ortega/Europa Press via Getty Images)

The J&J vaccine's side effects explained

Matthew Rozsa
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Joshua Jackson as Christopher Duntsch in "Dr. Death" (Scott McDermott/Peacock)

The real story behind "Dr. Death"

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2021 (Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

Why do Wimbledon players wear all white?

Mental Floss - Mental Floss
Rick and Morty | Loki (Photo illustration by Salon/Adult Swim/Marvel Studios)

Do we live in a multiverse?

Matthew Rozsa
Wedding cake decorated with figures of two brides (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Platonic friends are saying "I do"

Nausica Palazzo - The Conversation
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Paper illustration of human hands and coronavirus in a lab (Getty Images)

Why labs work with deadly viruses

Jerry Malayer - The Conversation
(Getty/Nils Jacobi)

Why do cats knead with their paws?

Julia Albright - The Conversation
Magnetic Vaccine concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Andrey Popov/Robin Olimb)

The "magnetic vaccine" conspiracy theory

Nicole Karlis
A volcano named Sapas Mons dominates this computer-generated view of the surface of Venus. (NASA/JP)

NASA returns to Venus

Paul K. Byrne - The Conversation
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