New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a…
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Environmental Prize Highlights Work to Keep Fossil Fuels at Bay
New coal mines continue to open each year, and oil and gas companies are still…
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
Dairy cows at a farm in the US Shutterstock / Roman Melnyk As a bird…
New Orleans Likes to Drink. They Spotted a Huge Recycling Opportunity
It started with a lament over the fate of empty beer and wine bottles. In…
At Least Three Women Were Infected With H.I.V. After ‘Vampire Facials’
At least three women were infected with H.I.V. during cosmetic “vampire facial” procedures at an…
Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies
The hippocampus in a mouse brain that contains some rat cells (red) M. Khadeesh Imtiaz/Columbia…
RZA of Wu-Tang Clan Has Beef With Meat
RZA, the leader of the groundbreaking hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, is a producer, rapper, writer,…
Lori and George Schappell, Long-Surviving Conjoined Twins, Die at 62
Lori and George Schappell, conjoined twins whose skulls were partly fused but who managed to…
Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year
The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may…
Climate Doom Is Out. ‘Apocalyptic Optimism’ Is In.
The goal for “A Brief History of the Future” wasn’t to ignore climate change or…