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Stephen Colbert leaves numbers to the nerds and summons a demon to cover election results.
A new study finds that New York neighborhoods with lousy access to public transit are black holes for employment.
When mapping voting districts, lawmakers must take into account not just the color of people's skin, but their common interests as well.
It took more than two years, but the ocean-borne radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is finally detectable on U.S. shores.
For Chicago's depressed black neighborhoods, yuppie invasions are more manageable than chronic problems of inequality and ineffective policy.
A new study shows that extra CO2 in the atmosphere isn't speeding up rainforest tree growth. Uh oh?
What kind of electricity projects most often go over budget? Two recent studies dig into the question and find some surprising answers.
In the geoengineering debate, "just research" is the default position of Serious People. But it's more problematic than they acknowledge.
California's persistent drought has led San Francisco to take a second look at its long-neglected underground streams and springs.
