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Troy Farah (John Haas)
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Troy Farah is Salon’s news editor, specializing in coverage of the planet and public health, and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously, he served as the national affairs editor and earlier, 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. He is the secretary of the Illinois Native Plant Society — QC chapter. His website is troyfarah.com and can be found on Blue Sky.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) speaks during a presidential debate with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“Execute the baby:” Trump falsely claims Democrats support abortion after birth

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An Arnold Air Force Base team member swabs the muzzle of a tricolored bat in a cave near Arnold AFB, Tennessee, Dec. 5, 2022, to contribute to a study by Virginia Tech concerning the species and white-nose syndrome. WNS is named for a fungus that often looks like white fuzz on the muzzles of infected bats. Currently, there is not a cure for the disease. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett))

Bat deaths linked to rise in infant deaths thanks to pesticide overuse

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Holstein dairy cows feed on haylage at a dairy feedbunk/near Escalon, San Joaquin County, California, USA. (Bill & Brigitte Clough/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

California becomes 14th state to detect bird flu in dairy cows

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Bronze medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States reacts after competing in the Men's 200m Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Noah Lyles’ collapse underscores our collective COVID denial

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NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

When will astronauts on ISS finally come home? Maybe not till next year, NASA says

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Doctor putting a patch on the little boy's shoulder after successful vaccination. (Getty Images/SrdjanPav)

Childhood vaccinations seen as “not important,” Gallup poll finds

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A man in the metro wears a medical mask for protection in Istanbul on February 3, 2024. (ILKER ERAY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Is the COVID summer wave here? Here’s what the FLiRT variants mean for rising infections

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Empty Medical Incubator (Getty Images/Capuski)

Infant deaths spiked 13% in Texas following law restricting abortion, study finds

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Bird Flu Infected Animals: Cow, Chicken, Cat and Mouse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Experts say bird flu is a Pandora’s box. Are we about to open it?

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Distant silhouette of a person standing on rocks below Northern Lights (Aurora borealis), Iceland (Getty Images/mariuskasteckas)

Apocalypse now, and always: On UFOs, AI and encounters with non-human intelligence

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Council of European Foreign Ministers with Hadja Lahbib (MR), Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs and Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny on February 19, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium, 19/02/2024 (Didier Lebrun / Photonews via Getty Images)

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of dead Putin opponent Alexei Navalny, vows to continue fight

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An artist's impression of the Voyager 1 space probe flying past Saturn in the outer solar system, circa 1980. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

NASA’s Voyager 1 probe could soon go silent forever

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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver offers Clarence Thomas $1 million a year to resign from Supreme Court

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Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) flying (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Millions of birds impacted by New Year’s Eve fireworks: study

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A Jar Of Dried Psilocybe Mushrooms (Getty Images/James MacDonald/Bloomberg)

Meet the “magic” mushroom shop salesman hoping to demolish Canada’s war on drugs

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for a booking photo after his conviction April 21, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. (Minnesota Department of Corrections via Getty Images)

Derek Chauvin, ex-cop convicted of George Floyd’s killing stabbed in prison: report

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CHONGQING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23, 2023 - Parents with children suffering from respiratory diseases line up at a children's hospital in Chongqing, China, November 23, 2023. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Spike in illnesses isn’t a new pathogen, China reassures WHO

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Israeli security forces stand next to buses waiting at the helipad of Tel Aviv's Schneider medical centre on November 24, 2023, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day. After 48 days of gunfire and bombardment that claimed thousands of lives, a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on November 24 with 50 hostages set to be released in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. ((Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images))

13 Israelis among first hostages released as cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war kicks off

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Tobacco hornworm caterpillar with wasp pupae on back (Getty Images/Ed Reschke)

Parasites are the bedrock of life and evolution. It’s time to give them the respect they deserve

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Close up macro of small sand fly gnat on green leaf (Getty Images/EzumeImages)

Health officials say a flesh-eating parasite is now endemic in Texas. Here’s what that means

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A nurse prepares an injection of the Moderna dose vaccine on 26 September, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. (Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press via Getty Images)

We’re closer than ever to flu-COVID combo vaccines

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US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents simulate a raid in their Tactical Training Facility, part of the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facility December 5, 2008 at the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia. (TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The drug war is over. Its hawks just don’t realize they lost

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Headstones and American flags are seen at the Arlington National Cemetery, United States military cemetery in Virginia, United States on May 29, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Is America a death cult?

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A healthcare employee prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Dennis Avenue Health Center in Silver Spring, Maryland on November 21, 2022. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Updated COVID vaccines will be available later this week, recommended for everyone six months and up

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