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News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.

Who should get the HPV vaccine? The recommendations keep changing.

The HPV vaccine is now recommended for some people as old as 45.

By Julia Belluz

India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission blasts off for the moon

India is trying to become the fourth country to complete a controlled soft landing on the moon.

By Jen Kirby

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

By David Roberts July 22

Breakups really suck, even if you’re a fish

By Sigal Samuel July 20

The worst part of a heat wave is when it doesn’t cool off at night

By Umair Irfan July 19

Astronaut ice cream is a lie.

Astronaut ice cream is a lie

By Phil Edwards July 19

What would alien life mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s chief astronomer explains.

By Byrd Pinkerton July 19

America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation.

Here’s how much the winters and summers in the city closest to you may change in about 30 years.

By Umair Irfan, Eliza Barclay, and 1 other July 19

What can be done right now to stop a basic source of health care fraud

By Marshall Allen July 19

Health insurers make it easy for scammers to steal millions. Who pays? You.

By Marshall Allen July 19

Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago, and it’s still freaking awesome

By Brian Resnick July 19

Scientists are grappling with our biggest limitation in spaceflight: our own bodies

By Brian Resnick July 18

Elon Musk reveals his plan to link your brain to your smartphone

By Sigal Samuel July 17

New data shows drug overdose deaths fell in 2018. But there’s a big catch.

By German Lopez July 17

The WHO finally declared a public health emergency over Ebola

By Julia Belluz July 17

Meet Margaret Hamilton, the badass '60s programmer who saved the moon landing

By Dylan Matthews July 17

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

By Brian Resnick July 17

Going back to the moon could cost $30 billion. It might be worth it.

By Byrd Pinkerton, Dylan Matthews, and 1 other July 17

Trump’s plan to take wolves off the endangered species list is deeply flawed

By Lindsey Botts July 16

Why Barry dropped much less rain on the Gulf coast than forecasters expected

By Umair Irfan July 16

Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood

By Julia Belluz July 15

Space

How Apollo moon rocks reveal the epic history of the cosmos

Lunar samples are a time capsule. Scientists say we should go back for more.

By Brian Resnick July 15

Tropical Storm Barry: where the storm is and where it’s heading

By Eliza Barclay July 13

Apollo astronauts left their poop on the moon. We gotta go back for that shit.

By Brian Resnick July 12

Louisiana may get hit by a hurricane this weekend. New Orleans is already flooded.

By Brian Resnick July 11

Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

By Brian Resnick July 11

The climate change policy with the most potential is the most neglected

By David Roberts July 11

The war to free science

By Brian Resnick and Julia Belluz July 10

Scientists claim they’ve found the oldest human remains outside of Africa

By Brian Resnick July 10

Vaping may be more dangerous than we realized

By Julia Belluz July 10

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s first novel is about divorce in the age of Tinder

By Eric Johnson July 10

Study: if a family member is prescribed opioids, you have a higher risk of overdose

By German Lopez July 9

Health Care

A boom in at-home abortions is coming

Advocates say "self-managed abortions" are safe — and in the current political environment, interest is rising.

By Anna North July 9

Coal left Appalachia devastated. Now it’s doing the same to Wyoming.

By David Roberts July 9

Iran is enriching uranium and breaking the limit set by the nuclear deal. Here’s what that means.

By Umair Irfan July 8

How your brain invents morality

By Sigal Samuel July 8

If aliens call, what should we do? Scientists want your opinion.

By Sigal Samuel July 6

Restoring forests may be one of our most powerful weapons in fighting climate change

By Umair Irfan July 5

Scientists found a seaweed patch stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa

By Brian Resnick July 4

One big reason you can’t get rid of cockroaches

By Brian Resnick July 3

Measles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccines

By Julia Belluz July 3

The people going to the hospital for fireworks injuries are exactly who you think

By Brian Resnick July 3

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