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Eric Schank

Eric Schank is a fellow at Salon writing for science and health. 

Author Michael Pollan | Scientist examining magic mushrooms with a loupe and tweezers in a petri dish at laboratory (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Michael Pollan explains why any drug can be a “powerful healing medicine”

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Dead fish on the dry lake bed of Little Washoe Lake on July 15, 2021 in Washoe City, Nevada. According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the lake dried up because of prolonged drought. Water levels were also adversely affected by a 2017 storm that washed out a diversion on Brown creek. (David Calvert/Getty Images)

Great Salt Lake “not that far off” from an ecosystem collapse: Toxic dust storms, die-offs loom

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Unity and successful teamwork (Getty Images/whyframestudio)

Surprisingly, studies find that Americans are actually becoming more cooperative

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The controlled burn at the General Sherman tree landmark removes white firs and decayed matter from the forest floor, while not harming the sequoias. (Getty Images/Raymond Gehman)

Why fighting fire with fire might actually save Yosemite’s giant sequoias

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Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios)

Those screaming goats in “Thor: Love and Thunder” are very much a real thing

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Maple syrup aisle in a Jerry's Food grocery store (Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Why maple syrup prices are so low despite inflation

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Protesters hold a banner near the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The court continues to release opinions as the country awaits major case decisions pertaining to abortion rights, guns, religion and climate change in the the coming weeks before the end of their term. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Doomsday: Supreme Court decision a dagger for efforts to curb carbon emissions, experts say

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Coronavirus and blood cells (Getty Images)

What a long COVID diagnosis means when your doctor knows little more than Google

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Mother making a phone call while aiding to her sick young son at home (Getty Images/Dean Mitchell)

Why long COVID is often overlooked in children

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Blue and Red Population concept (Getty Images/Constantine Johnny)

Red counties have higher mortality rates than blue counties — and the gap is growing

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Monkeypox virus (Getty Images/kontekbrothers)

How the rhetoric around monkeypox recalls biases in early HIV news coverage

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The sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty as it is partially obscured by heat waves from the exhaust of a passing ferry on May 31, 2020, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Too hot to handle: Crumbling US infrastructure melts under excessive heat

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The smallpox vaccine diluent in a syringe along side a vial of Dryvax® dried smallpox vaccine, 2002. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

How 40 years without smallpox vaccinations could make the monkeypox outbreak worse

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Artist's concept of the hypothetical Planet Nine (Caltech/R. Hurt [IPAC])

A giant planet may have “escaped” from our solar system, study finds

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Residents talk with a caregiver in the dining room at Emerald Court in Anaheim, CA on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

With nursing home staff lagging on booster shot uptake, experts fear new outbreaks among seniors

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Mars surface, canyons (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Life on Mars would have gone extinct more than 1.3 billion years ago, study finds

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U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of unidentified aerial phenomena, as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

In a strange congressional hearing, Navy official revealed UFO “sightings are frequent” in the U.S.

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Illustration based on a transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (red) (Getty Images/JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

New COVID sub-variant, dubbed BA.2.12.1, is rapidly becoming dominant in US

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Electronic components including circuit boards sit in a pile ahead of recycling at Aurubis AG on February 7, 2014 in Luenen, Germany. (Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)

Facing shortages, chemists propose “mining” electronic waste for rare earth metals

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Black Hole (Getty Images)

Astronomers see a big boom when a black hole’s magnetic field suddenly flips over

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Large recycled plastic fish sculpture in Helsingor situated infront of the Kronborg Castle in Helsingor in Denmark (Getty Images/James D. Morgan)

UN environment group passes a resolution on plastic pollution. Scientists fear it’s too late

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Angry chihuahua growling (Getty Images/Cris Cantón)

From stubborn Akitas to loyal Collies, our stereotypes of dog breeds are all wrong, study says

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks following a visit with expecting families and caregivers at UCSF Mission Bay on April 21, 2022 in San Francisco, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

White House expands access to life-saving COVID-19 drug Paxlovid

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A sign outside of The Pit alerts fans that they will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result for entry to the arena before a game between the Utah State Aggies and the New Mexico Lobos at The Pit on January 08, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Sam Wasson/Getty Images)

Merely hanging out with unvaccinated people puts the vaccinated at higher risk: study

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