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Climate report suggests planet is ‘gravely ill’

WASHINGTON – In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Age impacts science views

Analysis shows generation gap is wide on some issues

DATE: Jul 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Science experiment turns into life lesson

For second time, rocket explosion destroys project

DATE: Jun 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

New weather patterns bringing on the heat

Study predicts nastier summers ahead

DATE: Jun 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Top doctors’ prescription for feverish planet: Cut out coal

WASHINGTON – Some top international doctors and public-health experts have issued an urgent prescription for a feverish planet Earth: Get off coal as soon as possible. Substitutin...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Is the U.S. turning the corner on urban sprawl?

WASHINGTON – Once the signature of an era of pell-mell development, American sprawl has slowed to a crawl in recent years, a new study finds. New streets in metro areas are being ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Studies further tie quakes to drilling

Big wastewater injection wells cited

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Catholics’ dance with science

The match works most of the time

DATE: Jun 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

European pollen threat is nothing to sneeze at

Study says ragweed will spread because of climate change

DATE: May 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Feds plan to boost pollinators

WASHINGTON – The federal government hopes to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research ...

DATE: May 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth