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Severe coastal flooding during storms in January and March of this year jolted Massachusetts residents and officials into an unwelcome awareness of just…

Forty thousand years ago, a massive volcanic eruption in southern Italy devastated what today is Europe. And yet, the culture of the early humans who…

On Wednesday, April 18th, NASA launched a science satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first time. After the launch, SpaceX managed to pull…

Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital recently called for the retraction of 31 studies they say contain falsified or fabricated data.All…

A new proposed rule would bar EPA from considering scientific studies that don’t release their data publicly or that haven’t been independently verified.…

Children of the Cold War grew up ducking under their desks to practice for the possibility of a nuclear attack. Now, nine out of ten public schools hold…

Recycling: we’ve all been told it’s the right thing to do. But the rules are often confusing, which might explain why Americans think we’re recycling 75…

Preppers don’t have a great public image. The word often conjures up doomsday-obsessed extremists in a well-armed bunker or walled compound. But…

The planet is warming and sea level is rising. In fact, global average sea level has risen about nine inches since record-keeping began in 1880. But…

Soon, you may be able to eat hamburger that was grown in a Petri dish rather than on a cow.In his book, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will…