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Protesters hold signs as they rally in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Study debunks the "abortion regret" myth

Corinne Rocca
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket is seen as it launches with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Getty Images)

Satellites: sentinels of a grim future

Jon Gertner - Undark
Grumpy hungover man with coffee (Getty Images)

The "hangover gap" class war

Nicole Karlis
Hubble Ultra Deep Field conceptualized as a sphere (Nasa/Salon)

Why the universe may end with a crunch

Nicole Karlis
Giant pumpkin grown by local farmers weights 930 lbs on display at roadside out of a small village in Canada before Halloween. (Getty Images/Jun Zang)

How to grow a giant pumpkin

Nicole Karlis
The Earth if it had two moons (Getty Images/Salon)

Do we owe our existence to the Moon?

Keith A. Spencer
Golden Hound and British short-haired cat (Getty Images/iStock)

In defense of siestas

Chris Idzikowski
British statesman Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) painting a beach scene from the Surf Club in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Hobbies, not work, are key to happiness

Ryan Holiday
Jim Allison playing the harmonica (Uncommon Productions)

"You can do science and have fun"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Shutterstock)

U.S. becoming more climate change–aware

Nathaniel Geiger - The Conversation

A black hole just ate a neutron star

Nicole Karlis
Kate Nash and Chris Lowell in "GLOW" (Ali Goldstein/Netflix)

"GLOW" gets migraines right

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A shopper holds a a branded paper shopping bag from the Zara fashion store on Gran via street on December 19, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Will fast fashion end for climate change

Anika Kozlowski - The Conversation
Amazon Echo Dot (AP/Mike Stewart)

Doctor Alexa will see you now

Janet Rae-Dupree - KFF Health News
FILE-This Aug. 31, 2015, file photo shows the Gemini Telescope, right, and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea near Hilo, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Fight over telescope on Hawaii volcano

Rachel Ramirez - Grist
Picture taken from the Apollo XI Lunar Module (LM) showing the flag of the United States and the footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin on the surface of the moon, 21 July 1969. (- / NASA / AFP)

Mapping the Moon for Apollo
(Getty/Halfpoint)

Heart doc by day, Mafia doc by night

Barbara Roberts MD
FILE - This Jan. 30, 2012 file photo shows the sign for the ExxonMobil Torerance Refinery in Torrance, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (AP)

ExxonMobil investigation spurs action

Patti Lynn - Truthout
A picture taken on July 4, 2019 shows bees collecting nectar on a sunflower in a field in Weisskirchen, Germany. (Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images)

Bees: Bugs you can't live without

Milicent Cranor - WhoWhatWhy
Skyline of Montreal, Canada, as seen from the Grande Roue De Montreal ferris wheel in the Old Port on July 2, 2018. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/Getty Images)

Your city may feel different in 30 years

Justine Calma - Grist
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, Pepsi drinks are on display at JJ&F Market in Palo Alto, Calif. PepsiCo says it’s dropping aspartame from Diet Pepsi in response to customer feedback and replacing it with sucralose, another artificial sweetener commonly known as Splenda. The decision to swap sweeteners comes as Americans keep turning away from popular diet sodas. Coca-Cola said this week of April 20, 2015, that sales volume for Diet Coke fell 5 percent in North America in the first three months of the year.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (AP)

The science of sugar substitutes

Jamie Pitlick - The Conversation
(Getty/Cappan)

Black holes don't always start as stars

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) (AP)

U.S. military is a climate offender

Kate Yoder - Grist
(Getty Images)

Who’s your daddy? Don’t ask a DNA test

Nara Milanich - The Conversation
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