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New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle -- and a nightmare.
A new documentary follows overpopulation experiments with rats to offer insight into our own dangerously crowded world. The bad news: Crowded rats got fat and happy -- and then they all died.
A new government report says greens are the No. 1 cause of food-borne illness. Should we all stop eating salad now?
Last year, 100 pedestrians and 24 bicyclists were killed in traffic-related accidents.
Oyster farmers on the West Coast are working overtime to find creative ways to save these sea creatures -- and their own livelihoods.
Boosters of natural gas argue that it can serve as a "bridge fuel" between coal and renewables, but a new analysis calls their bluff.
By Janet Larsen In recent years weather events have whiplashed between the extremes of heat and cold, flooding and drought....
Dense housing means underground power lines. Which means power even after an überstorm hits.
Two big ballot initiatives backed by enviros -- on GMO labeling in California and clean power in Michigan -- lost on Tuesday. But other green measures won.
