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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Vaccine falsehoods are guiding policy

Deborah Fuller - The Conversation
A barbell being lifted to start a bench press. (Photo via Getty Images)

When fitness clubs recruit for racists

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Congressman Jerry Nadler (Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Democrats have an age problem

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

What peace looks like to Putin and Trump

Ronald Suny - The Conversation
Confederate Flag Displayed With Us Flag On Front Porch Near Window, Backroads Of Virginia, October 26, 2016. (Photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)

Being white in the South is complicated

James M. Thomas - The Conversation
A homeless man sleeps on grass outside of the City Hall in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

SCOTUS ruling ends in homeless crackdown

Stephen Przybylinski - The Conversation
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit 2019, in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

This isn't how wars are ended

Donald Heflin - The Conversation
Shirley Connuck, right, holds up a sign representing a district in Texas, as the Supreme Court hears a case on partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures on October 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/Getty Images)

GOP's Texas power grab could backfire

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Malaysian protesters display placards during a demonstration against the US envoy nominee Nick Adams outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur on July 18, 2025 (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/Getty Images)

Amb. Adams isn't fit for Malaysia

Meredith Weiss - The Conversation
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

On Gene Hackman and estate planning

Naomi Cahn, Reid Kress Weisbord - The Conversation
Supporters attend a primary election night event for J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, at Duke Energy Convention Center on May 3, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

MAGA supports Trump, even when it hurts

Alexander Hinton - The Conversation
Donald Trump | QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How QAnon went mainstream

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Stop the steal and seek the truth and encourage action rally for president Trump at the State Capitol. (Photo by Michael Siluk/Getty Images)

"7 Mountains" fuels political violence

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Entrance to Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman Washington. (Photo by Don and Melinda Crawford/ Getty Images)

Medicaid cuts will hurt rural hospitals

Lauren S. Hughes, Kevin J. Bennett - The Conversation
Search and rescue workers search near debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Texas geography makes floods deadlier

Hatim Sharif - The Conversation
9/30/1965 - Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam: A flight of four United States Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Viet Cong jungle position near here with a defoliating liquid. The four specially equipped aircraft cover a swath of more than 1,000 feet wide on each pass over the dense jungle. (Getty Images / Bettmann)

Vietnam still bears the scars of war

Pamela McElwee - The Conversation
Spinning Galaxy (Getty Images/cokada)

One Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?

Chris Impey - The Conversation
Nutritional label (Getty Images/Imagesbybarbara)

New changes to nutrition labels

Zahra Saghafi - The Conversation
Variety of fruits and vegetables (Getty Images/Tanja Ivanova)

Food allergy vs. intolerance

Jennifer Koplin, Desalegn Markos Shifti - The Conversation
Pouring water from bottle (Getty Images/RunPhoto)

The drawbacks of drinking "raw water"

Bill Sullivan - The Conversation
Woman pushing shopping cart in supermarket aisle (Getty Images/David Espejo)

SNAP restrictions won't be beneficial

Benjamin Chrisinger, Danielle Krobath - The Conversation
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Another reason to avoid red meats

Eef Hogervorst, Emma O'Donnell - The Conversation
Cyclist drinking from a water bottle (Getty Images/Justin Paget)

What do electrolytes do for your body?

Bryn Beeder - The Conversation
Washing carrots in the sink (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

Why some foods can even change skin tone

Michelle Spear - The Conversation
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