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

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Why Americans will pay higher natural gas prices this winter

More exports, and the lingering effects of extreme weather, could affect bills.

By Rebecca Leber

How to make Covid the last pandemic

We still aren’t ready for the next one — but a new report offers a blueprint for ending pandemics.

By Kelsey Piper

The White House’s plan to colonize the moon, briefly explained

By Rebecca Heilweil

Will America continue to turn away from vaccines?

By Yasmin Tayag

Here are the first moon photos from NASA’s Artemis I mission

By Rebecca Heilweil and Ellen Ioanes

Are 8 billion people too many — or too few? 

By Bryan Walsh

The good and bad news for the planet after the latest UN climate talks

By Umair Irfan

Syphilis rates are soaring in South Dakota’s American Indian communities. What’s going on?

By Keren Landman

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The midterm culture war over plant-based meat

By Kenny Torrella

No one knows what “nature-based solutions” are

By Benji Jones

Space is deadly. NASA’s Artemis mission will help us learn how to survive it.

By Neel Dhanesha

NASA’s rules for astronaut posting: No TikTok, don’t embarrass us

By Rebecca Heilweil

This flu season is looking really scary, in one chart

By Keren Landman

Biden says America is doing its part to prevent “climate hell.” Is it?

By Umair Irfan and Neel Dhanesha

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6 wins and 2 losses on climate in the midterms

By Rebecca Leber

A mountain, a tower, a thermos of molten salt. These are the batteries that could power our renewable future.

By Neel Dhanesha

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11 midterm races that could shape our climate future

By Rebecca Leber

Money speaks louder than ever at this week’s UN climate negotiations

By Umair Irfan

This RSV season is scary. Hospital staffing shortages are scarier.

By Keren Landman

The FCC wants to regulate space. Have fun!

By Rebecca Heilweil

The surprising value of a small patch of grass

By Benji Jones

Malawi scientists have a plan to fight one of their country’s biggest killers

By Kelsey Piper

Your free pandemic health perks are on the way out

By Umair Irfan

New RSV vaccines are coming. This is very, very good news.

By Keren Landman

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What’s at stake for Biden’s climate agenda in the midterms

By Rebecca Leber

What Lula’s stunning victory means for the imperiled Amazon rainforest

By Benji Jones

Consumers, not corporations, saved the power grid. What else can we do?

By Umair Irfan

How tech is helping us talk to animals

By Neel Dhanesha

We want your feedback. Help Vox’s biodiversity reporting.

By Vox Staff

Joe Biden just signed an international climate treaty. And Mitch McConnell voted for it.

By Umair Irfan

The strange, savage life of a freshwater mussel

By Benji Jones

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How logging, a Nike founder, and the alt-right warped the Oregon governor’s race

By Rebecca Leber

Why everybody you know is sick right now

By Dylan Scott

The world is failing its emissions test

By Umair Irfan

How to read a controversial preprint paper on Covid’s origins

By Kelsey Piper

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John Fetterman survived a stroke. It could be an asset if he’s elected.

By Keren Landman

There’s a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections

By Keren Landman

How many van Goghs is one Earth worth?

By Aja Romano

The wasted potential of garbage dumps

By Neel Dhanesha

The end of a battery’s life matters as much as its beginning

By Rebecca Leber

Inside the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat

By Kenny Torrella

Our buildings are making us sick

By Keren Landman