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New research finds that infants born near fracking wells in Pennsylvania had lower birth weights and more health concerns than other newborns.
Aronofsky's "Noah" embraces a brand of faith-based environmentalism that's increasingly popular with young religious believers.
One of the moderators of the science page on social news site reddit explains why they ousted climate-skeptic commenters and what they learned in the process.
New science confirms what many of us already suspected about internet trolls.
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.
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.
The area's about the same size as Belgium.
The overuse of road salt this winter might eventually mess up freshwater ecosystems. Thanks again, polar vortex.
Torrential downpours and abnormal heat could kill nearly half of penguin chicks in a single year, say researchers.
