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Now energetic kids in rural Ghana can charge up LED lanterns by playing, so they can study at night.
The Arctic ice floats on the ocean, the Antarctic ice over land and sea, meaning that they melt different. But they're both melting.
Here's a bullet-point summation of what Nathanael Johnson learned about GMOs in 2013.
According to new research, severe thunderstorms are likely to hit the U.S. with more frequency over the coming century.
It's hard for companies to stake their success on radical innovation.
Inject rats with DDT, and three generations later their descendants are obese. A new study raises questions about the insecticide's long-term impact on humans.
New York's Fire Island lost more than half of its shoreline sand and sand dunes to the mega-hurricane, leaving the tourist mecca vulnerable to further storm surges.
Tired of watching chemicals blow across their fields, withering crops and threatening their own health, some farmers are taking matters into their own hands.
Wildlife researchers and industry are collaborating on new technologies and approaches -- some proven, some experimental and even far-fetched.