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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.”

Young Woman in a Doctor's Office (Getty Images/Ron Nickel)

“It doesn’t make sense”: What happens when life-saving abortion isn’t protected, despite federal law

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An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69b orbiting its host star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory)

Astronomers discover “hot Jupiter” has a 350,000-mile-long tail

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A woman using a dropper for taking few drops of a supplement from a bottle at home (Getty Images/Brothers91)

Why a supplement that tints skin blue is all the rage among alternative health circles

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Woman Suffers Stomach Pains (Getty Images/Grace Cary)

New research reveals the strange ways gut bacteria breathe without oxygen, influencing our health

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Medical examiner holding urine cup (Getty Images/Andrii Atanov)

Scientists solve mystery behind why pee is yellow

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World Health Organization's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove speaks on during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO leader says COVID-19 is “still a pandemic”

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In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

As abortion access shrinks, people are stockpiling pills. But it’s not always those who need it most

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Man consulting his doctor about drug medicine online (Getty Images/mixetto)

The future of birth control is sharing the burden with men — and could be here sooner than you think

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Supporters of Ohio Issue 1 cheer at a watch party hosted by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights on November 7, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. 2023 Ohio Issue 1, officially titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety," would codify reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution, including contraception, fertility treatment and the right to abortion up to the point of fetal viability while permitting restrictions after. (Andrew Spear/Getty Images)

5 moments of hope for reproductive rights in 2023

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A group of people wear face masks as they walk past the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A new COVID variant is now dominant in the U.S. Will it cause another massive surge like Omicron?

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This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI))

2023 was a landmark year for exoplanet discoveries, including many that could harbor alien life

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Visualization of a binary star experiencing mass transfer. (Institute of Science and Technology Austria/Ylva Götberg)

Scientists discover hidden population of stars that are the “bluest of blue”

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Male nurse sits in a modern hospital setting struggling with the long hours and enormous pressures. (Getty Images/Malachite Photography)

Caring for others has health benefits. But the way Americans do it is all wrong

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Paramedics taking patient on stretcher from ambulance to hospital (Getty Images/JazzIRT)

Hospitals may have to ration care if COVID and flu surge continues, CDC warns

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Saturn's moon Enceladus (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Life on Saturn’s moon? New evidence of toxic gas suggests it’s more likely than ever

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Pregnant woman feeling discomfort (Getty Images/Moyo Studio)

Treatment for morning sickness likely on the horizon after scientists discover its source

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Young woman with high temperature and flu lying down on sofa (Getty Images/gpointstudio)

Respiratory viruses are on the rise. Did COVID-19 make us more vulnerable to other illnesses?

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Gravitation waves, 3D illustration (Getty Images/andreusK)

Astronomers search for sources of mind-bending gravitational hum permeating the universe

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Logo of the World Health Organization WHO with the WHO headquarters in the background in Geneva, Switzerland. (Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Universal health coverage is “urgently needed,” World Health Organization says

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The Travis County 459th District Court is seen prior to an emergency hearing in Cox v Texas, in Austin, Texas, on December 7, 2023. | Pregnant Woman (SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Forcing Kate Cox to travel out of state for an abortion is cruel, and shows exceptions don’t work

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Happy mother with baby girl and grandmother at home (Getty Images/Oliver Rossi)

Why some researchers are rethinking the “grandmother hypothesis” of menopause

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Christmas Tree On Fire (Getty Images/nikkytok)

The holidays can unleash an avalanche of microstressors. Here’s how to defeat them and find calm

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Black hole (Getty Images/Petrovich9)

Juicing power from the abyss: How black hole batteries could be the energy of the (distant) future

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People wear mask after New York City's health officials have issued an advisory, strongly urging New Yorkers to use masks as COVID-19, flu, and RSV cases rise, on December 12, 2022 in New York, United States. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

CDC director recommends masking against tide of rising respiratory illnesses, including COVID

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