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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.”

Old man and young man talking in the park, wearing masks (Getty Images)

My 89-year-old dad’s roommate refuses to get vaccinated

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Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. Strong Santa Ana Winds gusting to more than 90 miles per hour have driven the Blue Ridge Fire and Silverado Fire across thousands of acres, grounding firefighting aircraft, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee, and gravely injuring two firefighters. More than 8,200 wildfires have burned across a record 4 million-plus acres so far this year, more than double the previous record. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Wildfire researchers have a “grim” forecast for 2021’s fire season, say it could be worse than 2020

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Too high, or not high enough? Study finds cannabis potency labeling is often wildly inaccurate

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Black children significantly more likely to have a parent who died of COVID-19

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Bored sad girl at the party (Getty Images)

Why we’re so tired after socializing now

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he Muon g-2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline, and other equipment. This impressive experiment operates at negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit and studies the precession (or wobble) of muons as they travel through the magnetic field. (Reidar Hahn/Fermilab)

Why some physicists are skeptical about the muon experiment that hints at “new physics”

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
Woman in quarantine staying home during COVID-19 pandemic (Getty Images)

Are we finally done with lockdowns? Here’s what public health experts say

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Adult Son Talking To Father At Home (Getty Images)

Why can’t my son, my 40-year-old caregiver, get vaccinated?

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An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The Ingenuity helicopter just survived its first night alone on Mars. Now comes the hard part

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A healthcare worker receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (Wong Fok Loy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Inflammation? Fever? What to expect after your second COVID-19 vaccine shot

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"To The Greatest Heights" by Vanessa O'Brien (Photo illustration by Salon/Penny Vizcarra)

Why explorer Vanessa O’Brien left the corporate world to climb the world’s tallest peaks

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Medical syringes are seen with Pfizer company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. (Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine still effective after six months: study

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Covid-19 and vaccination concept (Getty Images)

Meet the “vaccine angels,” volunteers who spend their free time helping others find vaccines

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Young couple in medical masks quarreling (Getty Images)

My husband is vaccinated. I’m not. And that’s causing a rift

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Community food bank volunteers working during COVID-19 crisis (Getty Images)

Anxious about life after the pandemic? Therapists have a prescription: Volunteering

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Coronavirus vaccine bottle with a Red-colored passport (Getty Images)

The Biden administration is hatching a plan for a centralized “vaccine passport”

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"The Age of Fitness: How the Body Came to Symbolize Success and Achievement" by Jürgen Martschukat (Photo illustration by Salon/Erfurt University/Polity)

Why are Americans obsessed with fitness? The answer: Neoliberalism

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In this concept illustration provided by NASA, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface. (Photo illustration by NASA via Getty Images)

First flight on Mars? Ingenuity helicopter preps for takeoff

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A box of the AstraZeneneca vaccine is seen in a cooling refrigerator (Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Did AstraZeneca fudge vaccine efficacy data? Fauci raises concern over inconsistent numbers

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Children painting Easter eggs at home (Getty Images)

I’m uncomfortable attending a large Easter gathering. Am I being unreasonable?

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People line up before a Covid-19 vaccination drive the Lynchburg fire Department is helping organize at an old TJ Maxx store in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 13, 2021. - The Lynchburg Fire department teamed up with the city government and private industry to help administer and distribute vaccines to the counties around. They also use outreach with community groups to attract county residents from the surrounding areas to the mass vaccination sites. The biggest challenge the department sees moving forward is getting the vaccine to people in the rural areas. Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, March 12, around 30 percent of the world's total of shots in arms so far. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Urban dwellers have more luck finding vaccines in rural, redder counties

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A rendering showing ELSA-d's concept of operations. The mission aims to demonstrate technology that could help clear space debris. (Astroscale)

A newly-launched spacecraft will clean up space junk orbiting Earth. Here’s how it works

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Woman's hand putting bath bomb into water (Getty Images)

My bath bomb gave me a UTI — and apparently I’m not the first

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Four friends laughing around a table wearing their face protective masks incorrectly. (Getty Images)

My roommate is having half-vaccinated people over, unmasked — and I’m upset

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