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Could You Get the Vaccine in Your Butt?

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Texans Caught in the Blackout Are Rescuing Thousands of Sea Turtles From the Cold

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What Good Were Dogs in the Ice Age?

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Southern Living Retracted an Essay After It Drew the Ire of Meteorologists

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How the Gas Industry Tricked Americans Into Loving a Dangerous Appliance

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The Scientists Who Became Allergic to Their Own Work

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Why Wombats Poop Cubes

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Will the Manatee With the Trump Graffiti Be OK?

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The World Needs Genetically Robust Corpse Flowers

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Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories

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Why I Stopped Defending GMOs

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Plant-Based Meats Are More Popular Than Ever. But Are They Actually Sustainable?

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Ohio Sneakily Passes Law That Helps Criminalize Anti–Fossil Fuel Protests

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Did You Know Bees Smear Animal Poop on Their Hives to Repel Giant Hornets?

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The Real Reasons All the Top Chess Players Are Men

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“This Pandemic Barely Made a Dent in the Increase of Greenhouse Gases”

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You Are Not an Astronaut

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