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Nicole Karlis is an award-winning staff writer at Salon, specializing in health and science. She is also the author of the book “Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community During Times of Crisis.”

A squirrel holding a nut (Getty Images/suefeldberg)

Squirrel privilege is real: Intergenerational wealth drives animal inequality, study says

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A technical drawing is seen on screen as Systems Engineers Christopher Murray (R) works at his console at the Webb Mission Office ahead of the James Web Space Telescopes launch at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 3, 2021. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Decades of work are riding on the James Webb Space Telescope. What happens if it fails?

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Children staying at home during COVIG-19 pandemic (Getty Images/Imgorthand)

My husband intentionally exposed my family to COVID-19

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Protesters hold placards during the demonstration. Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers gathered at Indiana University's Sample Gates to protest against mandatory Covid vaccinations IU is requiring for students, staff and faculty during the upcoming fall semester. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Is America experiencing mass psychosis?

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Billi The Cat (Photo courtesy of Kendra Baker)

A “talking” cat is giving scientists insight into how felines think

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Woman working from home, feeling angry (Getty Images/stock_colors)

Why some telecommuters miss working from the office

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United States crisis and a divided America (Getty Images/wildpixel)

The political divide in the United States has become irreconcilable, study says

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Covid-19 Omicron variant (Getty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

Small lab study shows omicron partially evades vaccine-based immunity

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Older man dancing at a night club (Getty Images/Jose Luis Pelaez Inc)

My 65-year-old husband is putting his love of clubbing over my health

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A Covid-19 infected patient receiving medical oxygen for breathing comfortably seen inside a Covid care center of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) villages temporarily converted into a Covid-19 care facility. (Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Tremors and “internal vibrations”: Long Covid patients are reporting Parkinson’s-like symptoms

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Doctor holding a COVID-19 vaccine shot (Getty Images/franckreporter)

Does the omicron variant mean vaccines will have to be updated? Here’s what scientists say

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Mother and daughter yelling at each other (Getty Images/Prostock-Studio)

Do you feel like a sullen teen again when you visit your parents for the holidays? You’re not alone

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Coronavirus, COVID-19 spores | A member of a flight crew walks through the arrivals area at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport on November 26, 2021 in London, England. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The omicron variant is spreading rapidly — but doctors note cases so far are not severe

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Young man holding nose (Getty Images/simonkr)

A horrifying COVID-19 side effect makes food taste and smell like garbage

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Female reproductive system in paperwork (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

More women are giving birth after uterus transplants — and experts say they could even be put in men

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Artist's impression of a hot and dense accretion disk around a black hole, which can be a rich production site of heavy elements. Neutron-rich material is ejected from the disk, enabling the rapid neutron-capture process (r-process). The light blue region is a particularly fast ejection of matter, called a jet, which typically originates parallel to the disk's rotation axis. (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA)

The spinning disks around black holes may be giant gold forges

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A man displays a piece of microneedle patch (SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

A “T-cell priming” vaccine could provide better COVID-19 immunity than mRNA vaccines

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LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) mosaic of the south polar region, width ~600 km (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)

The moon has carbon dioxide “traps” that astronauts could use to make fuel and grow plants

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Young couple with protective face masks watching the movie at the cinema and enjoying (Getty Images/MixMedia)

Is it safe to go to the movies again? Public health experts weigh in

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Man sneezing with spray of water droplet full of virus or microbes. He wears his face mask inappropriately on one ear. (Getty Images/Marc Dufresne)

Men spread more respiratory aerosols than women, study finds

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Woman sleeping in bed (Getty Images/JGI/Tom Grill)

Bedtime between 10 and 11pm is “golden hour” for sleep — for the privileged

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Face mask in winter (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Winter weather could spur more COVID-19 infections, experts say. Here’s why

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Model of Human Coronavirus, fractured (Getty Images/Alexandr Gnezdilov Light Painting)

Why the coronavirus is unlikely to mutate into something deadlier

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The James Webb Space Telescope hovering over Earth, concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Astronomers plan to double-down on the search for extraterrestrial life

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