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The American Medical Association calls for a ban on marketing “energy drinks” to youngsters. Maybe Ronald McDonald should get the axe next.
Reporter Linda Marsa investigated the impact of global warming on our health. Cover your mouth: What she found is terrifying.
Allergy doctors across the country report an uptick in patient visits, and scientists are straightforward about the climate connection.
Fifty-eight percent have no opinion on fracking, according to a survey. Among those who do, conservatives tend to like it and liberals tend not to.
Check out the most detailed map of a continent never truly seen by human eyes: the de-iced surface of Antarctica.
An insect-spread disease is wiping out orange crops. Gene splicing might help in the short term, but it won't make Big Ag more sustainable or resilient.
A recent study found that vegetarians were 12 percent less likely to die over a six-year period than were meat eaters. Men in particular got a health boost from skipping meat.
Can you think of anything tastier than a pizza-and-spaghetti-flavored slushie? YEAH, US TOO.
El Niño events appear to have become more commonplace as the globe has warmed, a new study finds. Meanwhile, another study could make El Niños easier to predict.
