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A new Wired cover story argues that we don't need to worry about coming disasters. On climate change, that argument clearly fails.
The culprit, according to the CDC, isn't a lack of vaccinations -- it's that the vaccinations may be too weak.
Unless you're an economics geek, you've probably never heard of "discount rates." Behind that technical term, however, hides a social and ethical debate at the heart of climate policy. David Roberts explains (otters included).
Richard Muller, a long-time climate-change denier, did a big study of his own and found the same thing everyone else has: Humans are causing climate change.
We don't really know how or if we can save the bees, but that doesn't mean the actress won't do her best to try.
The good news: The USDA finally released an environmental impact review of genetically engineered sugar beets. The bad: Monsanto has already crowded out other seed makers.
In the sense that no one wants them.
The Food and Drug Administration officially rejected the Corn Refiners Association's request to refer to HFCS as the more benign-sounding “corn sugar” in packaged food ingredient lists.
Domino’s doesn’t want to tell you how many calories are in that Bacon Cheeseburger Feast pizza, so they’re pulling out...