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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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Seagull carrying a plastic cup (Getty Images/Robert Pleško)

Birds are eating way too much plastic

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A rooster is held in a cage on a farm on January 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The poultry industry as well as private flocks are suffering a health crisis as the bird flu continues to spread across the United States. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

H5N1 is infecting millions of animals. If it crosses over to humans, it will be worse than COVID

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Edible cannabis products are displayed at Essence Vegas Cannabis Dispensary before the midnight start of recreational marijuana sales on June 30, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Why eating cannabis edibles feels so different from smoking weed, according to experts

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Colorful poppies and other wildflowers at the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve one hour north of Los Angeles, drawing visitors to a "super bloom" on March 31, 2019, near Lancaster, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

California’s rare flowering “superbloom” at risk of being trampled to oblivion by unruly tourists

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Chain of amino acid or bio molecules called protein (Getty Images/Christoph Burgstedt)

Did evolution occur before life even existed? New study sheds light on how amino acids “evolved”

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Day Octopus, Octopus cyanea, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. (Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The first observations of octopus brain waves revealed how alien their minds truly are

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Back view of shirtless man (Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles)

A nascent men’s movement eschews orgasms for health reasons. Experts say the science doesn’t add up

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Black hole (Getty Images/Picture Umar)

Black holes may be quietly generating the force that is tearing the universe apart, experts say

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Mushrooms And Mental Health (Getty Images/wildpixel)

New research illuminates how the human brain creates its own psychedelic drugs

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Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. (NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory)

NASA wants to explore Uranus. Here’s why that won’t happen until the 2040s

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Drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 6, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released by the NTSB. (National Transportation Safety Board/WikiCommons)

Why the train wreck in Ohio is such a major public health disaster

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Couple in bed holding hands passionately (Getty Images/Sadeugra)

Experts aren’t entirely sure why humans evolved orgasms

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A pelican suspected to have died from H5N1 avian influenza is seen on a beach in Lima, on December 1, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Why everyone is suddenly freaking out about bird flu

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A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas stretching to the right is what remains of a star that was pulled apart by the black hole. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

What it looks like when a black hole eats a star

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Deep-sea Fluorescent Illuminated Microorganisms (Getty Images/remotevfx)

Bizarre deep sea microbes hint at a rich, under-explored suite of ocean life

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Smoke billows from Iskenderun Port fire as people walk past collapsed buildings on February 07, 2023 in Iskenderun, Turkey. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

No, we still can’t predict earthquakes (despite what some on Twitter may say)

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Futuristic human brain (Getty Images/imaginima)

Three major things most people get wrong about the brain, according to a neuroscientist

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Mars colony, concept (Getty Images/e71lena)

How living on Mars would warp the human body

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Cute scene with sleeping small girl and two dachshunds (Getty Images/maodesign)

How to improve your naps, according to experts

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Artist’s impression of Balaenognathus maeuseri (Artwork by Megan Jacobs)

A jurassic mix between flamingo and whale: Never-before-seen pterosaur with over 400 teeth unearthed

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Multiverse, concept (Getty Images/VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Déjà Vuniverse: Why some physicists believe we could be living in a Groundhog Day universe

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Marijuana Gummy Bear Candies (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

Why some cannabis advocates say we should stop infusing weed into candy

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A young woman lying in bed and wearing a sleep mask (Getty Images/Charday Penn)

Six simple ways to improve your “sleep hygiene,” according to experts

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Marijuana leaves entwined with measuring tape (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Why does cannabis keep some people skinny? Experts explain how weed and metabolism are connected

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