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The climate crisis and the end of the golden era of food choice

What’s for dinner in a hotter, drier, more crowded world?

By Sean Illing

Who’s making money off moon landing conspiracy theories?

An almost-serious investigation into the money behind the moon hoax theory.

By Rebecca Jennings

Earth’s seasons, explained in one GIF

By Brian Resnick June 21

New York will expand marijuana decriminalization but falls short of legalization

By German Lopez June 21

Frank Luntz vs. Grover Norquist: the GOP’s climate change dilemma in a nutshell

By David Roberts June 21

The summer solstice is here: 9 things to know about the longest day of the year

By Brian Resnick and Brad Plumer June 21

New York just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country

By David Roberts June 20

The Sacklers helped cause the opioid epidemic. They’re still making excuses for it.

By German Lopez June 19

Trump’s EPA just replaced Obama’s signature climate policy with a much weaker rule

By Umair Irfan June 19

Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids

By Sarah Kurchak June 19

Millions of Americans take vitamin D. Most should just stop.

By Julia Belluz June 19

Religion and vaccine refusal are linked. We have to talk about it.

By Julia Belluz June 19

Astronauts left poop on the moon. We should go get it.

By Brian Resnick and Gina Barton June 18

The global transition to clean energy, explained in 12 charts

By David Roberts June 18

Hyped-up science is a problem. One clever Twitter account is pushing back.

By Kelsey Piper June 15

4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom

By Umair Irfan and Javier Zarracina June 14

NIH Director Francis Collins: I won’t go on another all-male panel

By Sigal Samuel June 14

The hasty plan to get Americans back on the moon by 2024, explained

By Brian Resnick June 14

The second-largest Ebola outbreak is spreading. The WHO says it’s not yet a global emergency.

By Julia Belluz June 14

Why the Democratic Party doesn’t want a presidential debate about climate change

By Umair Irfan June 14

I’ve talked to dozens of parents about why they don’t vaccinate. Here’s what they told me.

By Jennifer Reich June 13

Jessica Biel’s dangerous lobbying against a California vaccination bill, explained

By Julia Belluz June 13

Ebola just spread into Uganda. It may soon become an emergency.

By Julia Belluz June 13

Trump claims California officials admitted he was “right” about wildfires. That didn’t happen.

By Aaron Rupar June 12

Can medical marijuana help combat the opioid epidemic? Maybe not, new study finds.

By German Lopez June 11

The severe floods soaking the Midwest and Southeast are not letting up

By Umair Irfan June 11

Hyped-up science erodes trust. Here’s how researchers can fight back.

By Brian Resnick June 11

Processed foods are a much bigger health problem than we thought

By Julia Belluz June 11

Russia and China are waging a “shadow war” against the US, and the battlefields will be AI and space, CNN’s Jim Sciutto says

By Eric Johnson June 11

Jupiter at opposition: Tonight is the best night of the year to look at the gas giant

By Brian Resnick June 10

The war to free science

By Brian Resnick and Julia Belluz June 10

Trump: Mars is part of the moon. Say what now?

By Brian Resnick June 7

These senators are going after the biggest climate villains in Washington

By David Roberts June 7

“Pig Ebola” is spreading uncontrollably in China and Vietnam

By Vox Staff June 6

Breathing dirty air takes years off people’s lives. This tool shows just how much.

By Umair Irfan June 5

Oregon is poised to set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions. That’s a huge deal.

By David Roberts June 5

Vaccines that don’t need refrigeration could save a ton of lives

By Kelsey Piper June 5

I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.

By Mary Annaise Heglar June 4

The new American religion of UFOs

By Sean Illing June 4

The race to save endangered foods

By Liz Scheltens June 4

This one weird trick can help any state or city pass clean energy policy

By David Roberts June 3

Most people are bad at arguing. These 2 techniques will make you better.

By Brian Resnick May 31

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