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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.
New science confirms what many of us already suspected about internet trolls.
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.
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.
As Florida warms up, coastal mangroves are on the move, and that could be bad news for other ecosystems.
Coal production is gradually leaving Appalachia -- having already extracted much of the region's natural wealth.
We shouldn't be so eager to pin cancer on environmental causes that we misread statistics and leap to unsupported conclusions.
Under its Republican governor, cozy North Carolina regulators shielded the utility from environmental complaints.
