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VANCOUVER Resistance to hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. has risen steadily in recent months.

Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source — a vending machine at the campus health center.

By Edward McAllister (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Thursday they will perform water tests at about 60 homes in the small town of Dimock in Pennsylvania where residents say natural gas drilling has polluted wells.

Optimists outperform pessimists on the job by as much as 50 percent. Which do you choose to be? When you wake up every day you have two choices

An 8-year-old Ohio boy weighing 200 pounds was taken by officials who said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight. That was the wrong call, says Arthur Caplan, msnbc.com contributor and professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Name: Kelli Hoover Title: Professor of entomology, Pennsylvania State University [More]

Name: Kelli Hoover Title: Professor of entomology, Pennsylvania State University [More]

A new report details which state governments are doing the most to be energy efficient. Hey, Alabama's not such a fuel-guzzling planet-killer anymore! Energy efficiency--it's all the rage these days. From CFL light bulbs to Energy Star fridges, it's easy to try to reduce your personal energy consumption

Is fracking polluting our drinking water?

The economic value of ecosystems has been calculated as greater than the global gross national product. In the Chesapeake Bay, one bank is creating value and saving wetlands, by making that value a reality.

Before you start lowering prices to stay competitive, here are some easy steps to beating them at their own game. It’s a familiar story : A company begins to use defensive pricing when a competitor has reduced its market share. The competitor lowers prices

What's the future of solar energy? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Lynn Jurich, cofounder of SunRun, which is flourishing in a season that has seen a few high-profile bankruptcies in solar energy. For the latest installment in our futurist series of interviews, Crystal Ballin' , we talk to Lynn Jurich, the 32-year-old cofounder of SunRun , which specializes in installing and operating solar panels on residential rooftops.

Evidence is mounting that repeated concussions can do long-term harm to the brain. Athletes who play contact sports are particularly at risk.

The average pro football career lasts three and a half seasons.

Fun and Functions products for special-needs kids were a hit with parents.