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Dear EarthTalk : Coastal areas here in the U.S. have taken a real beating in recent years due to natural disasters that many would argue are due to changing climate

Cities can be stressful places, and are a far cry from the sparsely populated landscapes in which our prehistoric ancestors evolved.

By Mary Slosson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp has joined an unlikely coalition of environmentalists, American Indians and politicians who are opposing a massive solar energy project planned for California's Mojave Desert. [More]

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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The United States demanded on Wednesday that the European Union exempt U.S. airlines from an EU law widening carbon permits to aviation, hardening a standoff over a scheme due to start in 2012. [More]

When attending events, like scientific conferences, some people take copious notes with pen and paper.

By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine When pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on June 8 that it is teaming up with eight research institutions in the Boston area to hunt for candidate drugs, the news was cheered from all sides. [More]

Since its discovery, electricity has helped humans make labor and tools more efficient. From lighting to toothbrushes, electricity has aided us in making our lives simpler and more convenient.

UNITED NATIONS -- A scientific panel issued a report to U.N.

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D.

In the past decade or so the proportion of AIDS cases in the southern states of the U.S. has largely risen or remained unchanged compared with other regions of the country

By Priya Shetty of Nature magazine A clinical trial that came under fire in India threatens to have a dual legacy: inflaming unfounded fears about a lifesaving vaccine and raising new questions about the management of medical research in the country. [More]

Coco the Hyacinth macaw ( Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus ), one of the last males of his species in Paraguay, has had a rough start. Since his birth nine years ago he has been captured from the wild by illegal parrot traders, rescued, placed into Paraguay's Asunci

Exposure to chemicals early in life may alter how breast tissue develops and raise the risks of breast cancer and lactation problems later in life, scientists concluded in a set of reports published Wednesday. The scientists are urging federal officials to add new tests for industrial chemicals and pesticides to identify ones that might disrupt breast development. In some cases, they said, mammary glands are more sensitive to effects of hormone-disrupting chemicals than any other part of the body, so low levels of exposure may be causing breast changes.