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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

Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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Millions of people across the US use well water, but very...

Staff Writer - October 12, 2024

Will local Republican Parties again serve as megaphones for election disinformation, as they did in 2020? AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

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Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2024

All eyes on the CPI. Sila Damrongsaringkan/Getty Images Plus

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US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what...

Staff Writer - October 10, 2024

Nearly $11 billion is projected to be spent on political advertising in the 2024 fall election season. PM Images/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images

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Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states...

Staff Writer - October 9, 2024

Who will define the limits of the Oval Office occupant’s immunity? AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2024

Iranians mourn the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27, 2024. Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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Iran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 25, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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Israeli actions have the cover of ‘moral hazard’ − a touch...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2024

Smoke rises after shelling near a seaport in Berdyansk, Ukraine, after the reported sinking of a Russian navy ship. AP Photo

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Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

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