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A Novocaine shortage in the UK is affecting an unexpected group: farm animals

By Kelsey Piper

For the first time, the feds criminally charged a pharma distributor for the opioid epidemic

By German Lopez

Having a kid won’t kill your marriage, and other parenting “truths” debunked

By Julia Belluz April 23

Americans love clean energy. Do they care if it includes nuclear?

By David Roberts April 23

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Monday night. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick April 22

Fox News has united the right against the Green New Deal. The left remains divided.

By David Roberts April 22

Hearing loss affects 1 in 4 adults in the US. Is our noisy world to blame?

Restaurants are too freaking loud. This app helps you shame them.

By Julia Belluz April 22

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

By Brian Resnick April 22

This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.

By David Roberts April 22

7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day

By Umair Irfan April 22

20 years after Columbine, the guns are still the problem

By German Lopez April 20

4/20, the marijuana holiday, explained

By German Lopez April 20

Assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in Congo — again. It’s a major setback.

By Julia Belluz April 19

David Roberts went to Barcelona to report on urban sustainability. Ask him anything.

By Lauren Katz April 19

Why measles is back in the US

By Madeline Marshall April 18

Why shame is good

By Joseph Burgo April 18

8 things everybody should know about measles

By Julia Belluz April 18

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

By Julia Belluz April 18

A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill

By David Roberts April 18

Why the Notre Dame fire was so destructive, according to fire experts

By Umair Irfan April 17

Denver may become the first US city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

By German Lopez April 17

Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”

By Brian Resnick April 17

Women suffer needless pain because almost everything is designed for men

By Sigal Samuel April 17

What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you

By Danush Parvaneh April 16

A new study finds the opioid epidemic has led to tens of billions in lost tax revenue

By German Lopez April 16

Why Fisher-Price is recalling a cult-favorite baby product

By Chavie Lieber April 16

Sen. Ed Markey: “We are now in the era of the Green New Deal”

By David Roberts April 16

Male scientists are often cast as lone geniuses. Here’s what happened when a woman was.

By Brian Resnick April 16

The race to save the planet from plastic

By Umair Irfan April 16

2019 is shaping up to be a very bad year for measles

By Julia Belluz April 15

Del Taco’s newest “meat” taco is 100% meatless

By Sigal Samuel April 15

Warning people off tainted drinking water may have killed children

By Kelsey Piper April 15

Why is an MIT alum in Congress pretending he doesn’t know climate change is real?

By Emily Stewart April 12

The WHO just decided the latest Ebola outbreak is not a global emergency

By Julia Belluz April 12

The cheap and shady business of taking selfies with tigers

By Rebecca Jennings April 12

Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?

By David Roberts April 12

Scientists added human brain genes to monkeys. Yes, it’s as scary as it sounds.

By Sigal Samuel April 12

Walmart’s $25 insulin can’t fix the diabetes drug price crisis

By Julia Belluz April 11

Amazon says it’s a leader on fighting climate change. 5,000 employees disagree.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell April 11

How to make sense of the black hole image, according to 2 astrophysicists

By Brian Resnick April 11

Barcelona’s superblocks are a new model for “post-car” urban living

By David Roberts April 11

It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.

By Umair Irfan April 11

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