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A reader inquires about bovine flatulence. Umbra lets it rip.
By Janet Larsen Last year was the thirty-seventh consecutive year of above-normal global temperature. According to data from NASA, the...
Hawaii lawmakers have stepped in to protect Monsanto, Syngenta, and other ag giants from local laws that restrict their operations.
The U.S. Coast Guard is on its way to rescue a ship that got stuck in ice while trying to rescue another ship that got stuck in ice. Why so much ice? A rescued scientist explains.
Aronofsky's "Noah" embraces a brand of faith-based environmentalism that's increasingly popular with young religious believers.
Sen. Barbara Boxer is warning that tar-sands oil poses significant health risks. She's calling on the State Department to do a new study on the issue.
A U.S. Navy ship that delivered aid to Japan after the big tsunami in 2011 sailed right into a plume of radioactive pollution. Now sick sailors are suing the nuclear plant owner.
New research finds that infants born near fracking wells in Pennsylvania had lower birth weights and more health concerns than other newborns.
New science confirms what many of us already suspected about internet trolls.