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Troy Farah is Salon’s national affairs editor, specializing in coverage of the planet and public health. Previously he served as the science and health editor. His reporting has appeared in Scientific American, STAT News, Undark, VICE and others. He co-hosts the drug policy and science podcast Narcotica. He has a strong interest in reality, consciousness, existence, nature, science and not being a jerk about it. His website is troyfarah.com and can be found on Blue Sky.

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Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA)

How to love the moon mission without guilt

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Elon Musk on stage before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on Sunday, October 27, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Maybe it’s time to give Elon Musk control of the sun

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So is this World War III? The term doesn’t mean anything, and that’s a problem

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A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles near an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change is the latest weapon in warfare. Trump is indulging it

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images))

Trump’s risky public health charade rings hollow

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President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on "reciprocal" tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs

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USA border, surveillance camera, barbed wire and USA flag, concept picture (Getty Images/Alxey Pnferov)

Big Tech still dreams of mass surveillance — now people are pushing back

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Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara is seen during the Walk for Peace closing ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Buddhist monks vs. Trump’s fake “Board of Peace”

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Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever

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Trump’s war on the climate demands resistance

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Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in "The Abandons" (MATTHIAS CLAMER/Netflix)

10 culture comforts to beat the post-holiday blues

Kelly McClure, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Natalie Moore, Troy Farah, Jason Kyle Howard, Hanh Nguyen
Paris, France - March 10, 2013: Old black and white and sepia photos at flea market. There are more than 20 flea markets in Paris.

Gen Z does not exist: Why phony generational labels fail us

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Luigi Mangione appears with his lawyers for a suppression-of-evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 8, 2025, in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel - Pool/Getty Images)

A year after Luigi Mangione’s arrest, health care is even worse

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RFK Jr.’s individualist rhetoric hides a deeper public health threat

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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to attendees on various plans including the tax code, U.S. manufacturing, and future economic opportunities if reelected a second term. Trump continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump’s Georgia election interference case won’t be pursued by new prosecutor

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Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible

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Donald Trump doesn’t understand the drug war he’s fighting

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“No justification”: UN human rights chief condemns “unacceptable” strikes on alleged drug boats

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A man measures the leaves of the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower at Palupuah Forest, Agam District, West Sumatra, Indonesia on September 16, 2024. (Getty Images / Anadolu / Contributor)

These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his past comments on vaccine, was confirmed by the Senate 52 to 48. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this

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U.S. Border Patrol agents and an eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicle patrolling the border area in Sunland Park, New Mexico state, U.S., are seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on March 28, 2025. (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump authorizes military to take control of lands at U.S.-Mexico border

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Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

“Devastating blow”: Student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, U.S. immigration judge rules

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Doctor with Oropouche virus positive blood sample. (Fania Witardiana / Getty Images)

Doctors raise alarm about rise in “sloth fever” infections linked to birth defects

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Nuclear explosion with mushroom cloud on scorched earth (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

If the ultra-rich want to escape from reality — good riddance

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