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Distressed doctor wearing protective suit to fight coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

Climate change is good news for viruses

Plastic-degrading bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis, 3D illustration (Getty Images/Dr_Microbe)

The bacteria that eat plastic waste

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the lower right portion of the image– at 11:57 p.m. EST on April 19, 2022. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and is colorized in SDO channel color blue. (NASA/SDO)

Bad weather on the sun heads for Earth

Moon or Planet Being Destroyed Explosion (Getty Images/cokada)

Pentagon research proposed nuking moon

Eric Schank, Keith A. Spencer

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Jupiter's large moon, Europa, is covered by a thick crust of ice above a vast ocean of liquid water (Getty Images/Ron Miller/Stocktrek Images)

The chance of life on Europa goes up

Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria. In the dish on the left the bacteria will not develop near the antibiotics. In the right petri dish, antibiotic resistant bacteria are growing. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Scientists record sounds from bacteria

Electronic cigarettes and pods by Juul, the nation's largest maker of vaping products, are offered for sale at the Smoke Depot on September 13, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered e-cigarette product makers to devise a plan to keep their devices away from minors, declaring use by teens has reached an "epidemic proportion". (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

When mice vape, flavor matters

A part of complex Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is seen underground during the Open Days at the CERN particle physics research facility on September 14, 2019 in Meyrin, Switzerland. The 27km-long Large Hadron Collider is currently shut down for maintenance, which has created an opportunity to offer access to the public. (Ronald Patrick/Getty Images)

The particle that could break physics

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer

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A bright comet with large dust and gas trails (Getty Images/solarseven)

The most massive comet ever found

Biochemist in hazmat suit holding petri dish with biomaterial (Getty Images/Harbucks)

Zika virus is quick to mutate

Omphalotus nidiformis, or ghost fungus (Getty Images/Louise Docker Sydney Australia)

Are mushrooms talking to each other?

Orangutans (Getty Images/Photo by James Keith)

Orangutans have their own "dialects"

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Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Colorado wildfire burns through the snow

Female doctor with clipboard isolated with blue plastic drapes (Getty Images/golubovy)

A nurse's honest mistake ends in prison

Clinical support technician Douglas Condie extracts viruses from swab samples so that the genetic structure of a virus can be analysed and identified in the coronavirus testing laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on February 19, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

"Son of omicron" is now dominant in U.S.

A little girl looking plants growing in raised beds in a backyard (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

Are doomsday gardens here to stay?

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Smog over Los Angeles (Getty Images/Robert Landau)

Ozone linked to teenage depression

Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

What happens if the Amazon desertifies?

Morgan Wallen performs onstage during Morgan Wallen: The Dangerous Tour, Night 1 at Madison Square Garden on February 09, 2022 in New York City. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Big Loud)

On Morgan Wallen and "cancel culture"

Disney CEO Bob Chapek (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Disney CEO won't condemn anti-LGBTQ bill

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Firefighters and volunteers try to contain the flames destroying forests and wildlife in Corrientes, Argentina on February 19, 2022. (Joaquin Meabe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

UN report warns of dire future for Earth

Nodules of nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia bacteria on the roots of forage legumes (Getty Images / Bill Barksdale / Design Pics)

Could a bacteria replace fertilizer?

Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Climate change spurs 50% more wildfires

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

Skull wearing headphones (Getty Images/Digital Vision)

Using sound to regenerate bones

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