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Senator Tammy Duckworth stands on a helicopter.

Senator Tammy Duckworth on why AI should never fully replace humans in the cockpit

doctor putting bandaid on arm after person gets a vaccine

COVID vaccine hesitancy is showing up in unexpected places

By Philip Kiefer

Labradoodle dog looking at a person in a blue shirt with a yellow "don't tread on me" flag

Can you ‘deprogram’ people who join cults?

By Michael Schulson/Undark

Sketches of the boat-safety device that President Abraham Lincoln patented

The 5 US presidents with niche scientific interests that might surprise you

By Sara Chodosh

A woman in mask, head scarf and yellow rain jacket stands along the water

Women are more likely to take COVID-19 guidelines seriously

By Disha Shetty/Undark

pipeline running aboveground

Keystone XL was supposed to be a green pipeline. What does that even mean?

By Juliet Grable

person wearing a mask and looking at the departures board at an airport

What to know about new COVID-related travel restrictions in the US

deb haaland and xavier becerra

Meet the Biden cabinet’s science and tech leaders

By Erin Fennessy

president joe biden looking solemn

What you need to know about Biden’s 5-point COVID-19 relief plan

By Sara Chodosh

US Capitol Building in Washington, DC

New Senate leadership could finally help us fight climate change

Capitol Hill aerial view with construction vehicles and work

Washington, D.C. is home to a fascinating labyrinth of tunnels

By Joseph Trevithick and Thomas Newdick/The War Zone

United States capitol building at night.

The attack on the Capitol had all the ingredients of a COVID-19 superspreader event

By Sara Kiley Watson

Flooding in Oklahoma

Oklahoma floods are poisoning tribal lands

By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News

A kid with a cartoon-themed mask standing in a field

When states mandate masks, fewer people catch COVID-19

By Tyler Santora

An illustration of a hand dropping a pink envelope into a box

Five election misinformation campaigns to avoid resharing

By Starbird, West, & DiResta/The Conversation

the US flag flying

Follow along as battleground states tally presidential votes

By John Kennedy

Meet the former government officials who quit or retired to protest ‘blatant disregard’ of science

By Starre Vartan & Jenny Morber/Undark

William Perry Pendley, Bureau of Land Management.

One of the country’s top environmental officials has been serving illegally

By Andrew McKean/Outdoor Life

Trump and Biden

Science was a big winner—and loser—at this week’s presidential debate

By Sara Chodosh

The US-Mexico border wall in Tijuana and San Diego

How border walls trick the human brain and psyche

By Jessica Wapner

President Donald Trump (left) and former Vice President Joe Biden at the first 2020 presidential debate

Five key science takeaways from the first presidential debate

By Purbita Saha

CDC Director Robert Redfield and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci in 2018

The CDC thinks 90 percent of the US could still catch COVID-19

By Purbita Saha

large crowd from above

Drone surveillance can help hold governments accountable—but it can also oppress us

By Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick/MIT Press Reader

evacuees in what looks like a large gym

Political rhetoric may impact your hurricane preparedness

A spread of "I Voted" stickers

Popular Science wants to help you vote well

By Corinne Iozzio

A person wearing an N95 mask and making a thumbs up

Convincing someone to wear a mask is hard, but not impossible

By Colin Marshall/The Conversation

The CDC’s new COVID-19 testing guidelines could make the pandemic worse

By Sara Kiley Watson

A National Park mountain range against clear blue and lightly clouded skies overlooking a wooded forest area.

The Great American Outdoors Act proves that grassroots advocacy and democracy still work

By Robinson & Krebs/ Outdoor Life

A sockeye salmon in very shallow water.

Local opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine grows as the project reaches the next milestone

By Bjorn Dihle/ Outdoor Life

Black Lives Matters protests have continue from Memorial Day through mid-June.

What you need to know to protest safely and securely

By Popular Science Team

Pesticide-killed locusts

An unprecedented locust swarm is creating unlikely allies

By Lou Del Bello/Undark

The Mississippi capitol building in Jackson

COVID-19 could be especially bad news for the South

By Laura Beil/Undark

A surgeon takes their disposable gloves off.

COVID-19 has turned tests and personal protective equipment into luxuries

By Devi Sridhar/Undark

The California Department of Public Health

Who’s responsible for containing COVID-19?

By Brian Labus/The Conversation

a doctor crossing his arms

The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse

bernie sanders speaking at rally

Where every Democratic candidate stands on the biggest environmental issues

hands load a gun in front of an american flag

Congress is putting money toward gun violence research for the first time in decades

Everything you need to know about uranium

Everything you need to know about uranium

By Eleanor Cummins

Driverless car proponents love this stat. Too bad it’s a wreck.

Driverless car proponents love this stat. Too bad it’s a wreck.

State parks could be 10 times more expensive to operate by 2050

State parks could be 10 times more expensive to operate by 2050

By destroying this female pharaoh’s legacy, her successor preserved it forever

By Eleanor Cummins

Pretty soon we’ll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions

Pretty soon we’ll have to stop blaming China for global carbon emissions

The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request

The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request

By Neel V. Patel

The Green New Deal is more feasible than you think

Musca Domestica housefly larva adult

The White House is infested with flies

By Ellen Airhart

Bighorn Joshua Tree National Park California

The biggest public lands bill in a decade has something for everyone

Chilldren taking political action to save the environment

Kids skipping school to protest climate change isn’t just reasonable—it’s logical

By Rupert Read/The Conversation

Green New Deal explainer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Everything you need to know about the Green New Deal

Green New Deal explainer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

What the heck is the Green New Deal?

the capital building in DC

What science issues President Trump did—and did not—address in this year’s State of the Union

By Kaitlin Sullivan

five identical men in white turtlenecks look confused

People with extreme political views have trouble thinking about their own thinking

A science-loving lady could head the next House Science Committee

A science-loving lady could head the next House Science Committee

By Jillian Mock

voting at the polls

Eight science policies at stake this Election Day

By Emily Mullin

Brazil’s new president plans to plunder the Amazon, which is bad news for all of us

Brazil’s new president plans to plunder the Amazon, which is bad news for all of us

california wind farm

The most important science policy issue in every state

Hiral Tipirneni

These scientists may be your next members of Congress

Everything you need to know about ricin poison

Everything you need to know about ricin poison

By Dan Nosowitz

Twitter Timeline

Twitter will let you see your feed in chronological order again—here’s how and why

By Stan Horaczek

Google says its search can’t be biased—that’s not how search works

Google says its search can’t be biased—that’s not how search works

What we know about the new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

What we know about the new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Endangered Species

Here are 10 plants and animals that might have gone extinct without the Endangered Species Act

Pruitt’s replacement won’t be any better for the EPA

Pruitt’s replacement won’t be any better for the EPA

people holding up phones in crowd to take photographs

Social media’s political role got its start in the Middle East

The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies

The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies