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Traveling while fat: A guide

Travelers of all sizes deserve adventure and comfort. Here are some of my favorite places to find both

Salon · Apr 22, 2022

We're getting forests all wrong

Fred Pearce, author of a new book on forests, questions whether mass tree planting can really save Earth

Salon · Apr 22, 2022

"Social emotional learning": The new CRT

Right-wing culture warriors' new obsession: Widespread "life skills" approach is actually sinister "Trojan horse"

Salon · Apr 22, 2022

Autistic stoners unite!

Many people with autism speak highly of self-medicating with marijuana — even if science hasn't caught up

Salon · Apr 20, 2022

Experts split on masks on planes

The decision to overturn the mask mandate on airplanes "will not worsen the pandemic," one expert tells Salon

Salon · Apr 20, 2022

Scientists record sounds from bacteria

Using ultra-strong graphene, scientists recorded the sound of e. coli moving against a membrane

Salon · Apr 19, 2022

Cats are (indirectly) causing psychosis

The reason may have to do with a parasite that moves between cats, rodents, and sometimes humans

Salon · Apr 19, 2022

Mask mandate ruling is "a political act"

A federal judge in Florida ruled that the CDC only had authority to issue regulations related to "sanitation"

Salon · Apr 19, 2022

Rick Scott's 11-point plan for theocracy

No wonder Mitch McConnell is unhappy: Scott's "batsh*t" plan reveals way too much about what Republicans want

Salon · Apr 19, 2022

Dems tangle over Oregon House seat

Democrats should gain a House seat in Oregon — but will Nancy Pelosi and a crypto billionaire decide who wins it?

Salon · Apr 19, 2022