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Could Viagra help stop the spread of malaria? A new study by a team of European scientists makes it look like a possibility worthy of further…

You may have heard that global warming has slowed down in recent years. It's true, the rate of warming has been slightly less over the past fifteen years…

Microbiologist Jack Gilbert says, as parents, we’ve been making a mistake in over-sterilizing our environment. For one thing, we shouldn’t keep our…

It’s been five years since Superstorm Sandy struck New England. This hurricane season set a record for the most consecutive hurricanes and threatens to…

The environmental impacts of our food and energy systems have been the subject of increasing public scrutiny, but sustainable fashion writer and activist…

White House science advisor John Holdren says how we talk to children about climate change is important. "The key... is to be clear about the basics of…

Cuba is home to some of the Caribbean’s most pristine coral reefs, in part because of the lack of tourism. As President Obama began normalizing relations…

Doctors can image your body and decode your genes in search of what ails you. But Kenneth Mandl of Harvard University says that, to reap the full benefits…

It used to be that fat was fat, and fat was bad. Then, we learned about different kinds of fats – some worse for us than others – and then some other fats…

It’s been almost a year since President Trump took office. For some, it has been a year spent tallying what they say are attacks by the administration on…