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Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

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Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty Images

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Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment

When species are described as ‘destructive’ or ‘harmful’ without sufficient context, it can shape how people perceive and treat them. Beata Whitehead/Moment via Getty Images

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The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science

$Most other democratic countries spend only a fraction of what the U.S. does on elections. Greggory DiSalvo, iStock/Getty Images Plus$

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50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation

Friedrich Merz, mapping out a new future for Germany and the EU? Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting prioritizes ‘real’ independence from the US − but what...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2025

Elon Musk meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on April 28, 2024. Wangye/Xinhua News

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How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for –...

Staff Writer - February 24, 2025

Federal workers’ jobs may become more precarious than in the past. mathisworks/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

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Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to...

Staff Writer - February 22, 2025

For decades, many U.S. immigrants have received subpar health care, and asking about immigration status can make those disparities worse. Maskot via Getty Images

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Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are...

Staff Writer - February 21, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

Staff Writer - February 19, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detain a person on Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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Deportation fears create ripple effects for immigrants and their communities

Staff Writer - February 19, 2025

Immigrant farmworkers pick strawberries in California in April 2024. Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Deporting millions of immigrants would shock the US economy, increasing housing,...

Staff Writer - February 18, 2025

The vast majority of Americans are not sensitive to foods containing gluten. Westend61 via Getty Images

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Many gluten-free foods are high in calories and sugar, low on...

Staff Writer - February 18, 2025

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026