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A sea lion named Ronan is the first nonhuman mammal to have the proven ability to keep a beat.
This is by far the most adorable thing that also kind of looks like the results of picking your nose that we've ever seen.
A new article in The Atlantic argues healthy eaters and Pollanites should embrace fast food so the industry will reform itself. What's wrong with this argument?
South of New Orleans, a tugboat pushed an oil barge into a pipeline area where shipping is banned, and the resulting fire is still blazing.
Cities worldwide have dangerously unsustainable water supplies, says a new study. But making a deal with farmers could solve the crisis for many.
The rest of the world is eyeing the cheap natural gas produced by fracking in the U.S. Obama will soon decide whether we should share.
If only a fraction of predicted global warming happens, the East Coast could be in for a rough century.
Thanks to climate change, millions of square miles of new trees and shrubs are turning the far north green, say researchers. And that's not good.
Author Peter Gleick found that nearly half of bottled water is just treated stuff from the tap.