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How cities and states are confronting the mental health crisis

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Carbon goals

Why activists are skeptical of Qatar's carbon-neutral World Cup

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Briefing

A new drug that fights Alzheimer's?

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Insert chip here

Elon Musk hopes to implant computers into human brains by next year

Officials test pedestrians in China for COVID-19.

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Making Changes

2 Chinese cities ease COVID-19 restrictions as protesters pledge to continue

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danger zone

Why Australia doesn't want to list the Great Barrier Reef as endangered

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great day for misinformation

Twitter ends its COVID misinformation policy

monkeypox in front of world health organization sign

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new name tag

WHO announces 'monkeypox' has a new name: 'mpox'

A Rolls-Royce engine seen during an airshow.

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Flying High

World's 1st hydrogen-powered jet engine could mark turning point for aviation industry

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China's COVID protests

China's Xi has few good options amid protests of 'zero COVID' policy

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Briefing

What is geoengineering?

White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci.

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Fauci Gives Insight

Anthony Fauci says United States is 'certainly' still in COVID-19 pandemic

Chinese protesters are seen clashing with police in Shanghai.

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Fighting Back

Chinese protests over COVID lockdowns reach boiling point in Beijing, Shanghai

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Setting Sail

Diamond Princess embarks on 1st cruise since mass COVID outbreak onboard

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Briefing

Debating COVID's origins

A speech being given during the COP27 climate conference in Egypt.

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Helping The World

Negotiators reportedly strike deal on U.N. climate talks

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do not pass go

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years for fraud

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Briefing

How did the U.S. find itself in an Adderall shortage?

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Moonshot Test Flight

NASA launches Artemis I moon mission

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Briefing

The 'hard truths' of our climate failures

The headquarters of pharmaceutical company Roche in Switzerland.

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A Disappointing Result

Experimental drug fails to show slowing of dementia in blow to Alzheimer's research

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Briefing

What to expect from COVID this winter

Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of biotech company Theranos.

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Asking For Time

Prosecutors seeking 15 years behind bars for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

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Briefing

America's RSV surge, explained

White House COVID advisers standing behind Biden.

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still in a pandemic

U.S. extending COVID public health emergency through spring 2023, per official

History channel documentary crew diverss

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Surprise discovery

Documentary crew finds debris from Space Shuttle Challenger 1986 launch

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Briefing

Should you even bother throwing plastic in the recycling bin?

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you go girl

Meet Leanne Fan, America's Top Young Scientist

A fully stocked shelf in a liquor store.

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A Sobering Statistic

Alcohol-related deaths saw massive increase during COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says

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Pay up

Major pharmacy companies agree to settle in nationwide opioid cases

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All Engines Go

SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy rocket in 3 years

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Briefing

The most and least environmentally friendly countries of 2022

Lava flow from the Mauna Loa eruption in 1984.

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take heed

Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano is sending signals it could erupt

A group of workers in protective suits against COVID-19 in China.

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Open Wide

China begins using world's 1st inhalable COVID-19 vaccine

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William Falk

No, it's not over