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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

Supporters watch Donald Trump speak at a rally in Uniondale, N.Y., on Sept. 18, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Why do people still back Trump, after everything? 5 things to...

Staff Writer - September 25, 2024

Theodore Roosevelt speaks during the Progressive campaign of 1912. AP Photo

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A brief history of former presidents running for reelection: 3 losses,...

Staff Writer - September 24, 2024

Will Rogers made a career out of making fun of politics and politicians − with a generous spirit. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

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View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense:...

Staff Writer - September 23, 2024

All smiles as Fed Chair Jay Powell signals he’s confident he’s winning the inflation fight. AP Photo/Ben Curtis

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Fed slashes rates by a half-point – what that means for...

Staff Writer - September 18, 2024

Police officers stand guard prior to Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Johnstown, Pa., on Aug. 30, 2024. Justin Merriman/Getty Images

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Why Pennsylvania is the key to a Harris or Trump Electoral...

Staff Writer - September 18, 2024

President Ronald Reagan smiles and waves shortly before he is shot outside the Washington Hilton hotel in March 1981. Corbis via Getty Images

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Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives...

Staff Writer - September 17, 2024

Happiness is more than a mood – it may factor into how we vote. Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images

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Happiness swings votes – and America’s current mood could scramble expectations...

Staff Writer - September 17, 2024

For many people, it’s easy to defend misinformation if they think it serves a larger truth. moodboard/Connect Images via Getty Images

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Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation − if they...

Staff Writer - September 14, 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