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Our intrepid family man tried them all -- comfort bikes, cargo bikes, electric bikes -- but ended up building one himself.
If carbon is priced high enough to meet international climate goals, fossil fuel companies would lose up to $12 trillion by 2100, but governments would gain up to $32 trillion in revenues, a new study finds.
Or, the rise of fracking and the decline of coal.
Trans fats have been an unlabeled part of the American diet until relatively recently -- a fact that makes a good case for the "precautionary approach" to new foods.
When Canadian fishermen headed out for their annual sardine hunt in the Pacific Ocean earlier this fall, they got a rude surprise. Their nets came up empty.
A paper from arXiv describes a new scientific law: the Law of Urination.
Johns Hopkins University has long been paid by coal companies to screen former miners for black lung disease.
Costs to fight fires in forests are climbing, forcing the Forest Service to drain funds intended for research and reforestation to help it battle blazes.
Concerned about the fate of the polar bears? Take heart -- apparently there are some spares living in the Himalayas, getting mistaken for Abominable Snowmen.
