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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

A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

A free election can still result in authoritarian rule. Photo illustration: Douglas Rissing, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and...

Staff Writer - September 10, 2025

An electric vehicle is plugged in at a charging station. Marcia Stroub/Moment via Getty Images

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Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the...

Staff Writer - September 9, 2025

The firing of Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook isn’t just about Lisa Cook − it’s about presidential power. DNY59/Getty Images

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How Trump’s dismissal of a Fed governor could redefine presidential power...

Staff Writer - September 9, 2025

Firefighters work to get a forest fire near Monroe, Utah, under control on July 24, 2025. Hurricane Valley Fire District via AP

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Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t...

Staff Writer - September 8, 2025

Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws – now on hold – to mandate the biblical laws’ display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school...

Staff Writer - September 7, 2025

The ‘Vietnam War’ to some, the ‘American War’ to others. But why not the American-Vietnamese war? History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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When it comes to wars − from the Middle East to...

Staff Writer - September 6, 2025

The U.S. Constitution’s first three articles are getting a lot of attention these days. giftlegacy, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Federal judges are frustrated by defiance from the Trump administration and...

Staff Writer - September 5, 2025

BYD electric cars wait at a Chinese port to be loaded onto the automobile carrier BYD Shenzhen, which was slated to sail to Brazil. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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China’s electric vehicle influence expands nearly everywhere – except the US...

Staff Writer - September 3, 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