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Vaping gone viral: the astonishing surge in teens’ e-cigarette use

By Julia Belluz

The winter solstice is Friday: 8 things to know about the shortest day of the year

By Brian Resnick and Brad Plumer

10 science stories in 2018 that made us go, “Whoa, that’s awesome”

By Brian Resnick, Julia Belluz, and 2 others

Kids who start kindergarten young are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

By Julia Belluz

Having kids leads to a small, but significant, increased risk of breast cancer

By Julia Belluz

A comet is coming unusually close to Earth this weekend. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick

Johnson & Johnson accused of hiding the asbestos in its baby powder for decades

By Cheryl Wischhover

For the first time, a major US utility has committed to 100% clean energy

By David Roberts

Food safety detectives are zeroing in on source of romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

By Brian Resnick

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s incredible ability to bounce back

By Julia Belluz

How to get a good night’s sleep

By Sean Illing

The Geminid meteor shower — one of the best of the year — peaks Thursday and Friday

By Brian Resnick

Adélie penguins poop pink guano. It’s so bright, you can see it from space.

By Brian Resnick

California’s cap-and-trade system may be too weak to do its job

By David Roberts

The Geminid meteor shower peaks Thursday night. Thank this very cool “rock comet.”

By Brian Resnick

CrossFit is amassing an army of doctors trying to disrupt health care

By Julia Belluz

The case for raising the alcohol tax

By German Lopez

The “Trump effect” threatens the future of the Paris climate agreement

By David Roberts

Trump signed a good law this week. Yes, really.

By Dylan Matthews

Why Trump wants to repeal an Obama-era clean water rule

By Brad Plumer and Umair Irfan

Guns killed more people than car crashes in 2017

By German Lopez

The Arctic has lost 2.6 million reindeer over the past 20 years

By Brian Resnick

A woman died of a brain-eating amoeba infection. The suspect: her neti pot.

By E.J. Dickson

Scaling up good ideas is really, really hard — and we’re starting to figure out why

By Kelsey Piper

The Trump administration’s tone-deaf school lunch move

By Julia Belluz

Why willpower is overrated

By Brian Resnick

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in centuries

By Umair Irfan

Do you burn more calories exercising in the cold? Here’s what the science says.

By Julia Belluz

My advice for aspiring explainer journalists

By David Roberts

This is what wind on Mars sounds like

By Brian Resnick

California will require solar panels on all new homes. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

By David Roberts

The most important country for the global climate no one is talking about

By Nithin Coca

“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab

By R. Daniel Bressler and Chris Bakerlee

How soon will CRISPR gene-edited babies come to the US?

By Julia Belluz

Video game addiction is real, rare, and poorly understood

The World Health Organization now recognizes "gaming disorder." It’s a controversial, but some argue necessary, classification.

By German Lopez

A big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin works

By German Lopez

What humpback whales can teach us about alien languages

By Brian Resnick

Why humans evolved into such good bullshitters

By Sean Illing

The mind-bendy weirdness of the number zero, explained

By Brian Resnick

The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food

By Julia Belluz and Radhika Viswanathan

12 million pounds of beef are recalled for possible salmonella. Check your freezer.

By Julia Belluz

Why are people still living in the western US with the constant threat of climate change?

By Cally Carswell
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