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Dear EarthTalk : I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination. But are there other concerns about farm-raised that make some fish a poor choice for good health? What are the safest fish to buy and which should be avoided

Apart from working and sleeping, the thing Americans do the most is watch TV--5 hours a day on average. But all that time in front of the tube may up your risk of death, according to a review in the Journal of the American Medical Association . [Anders Gr

President Obama emphasized advances in efficient lighting yesterday in a campaign narrative that connects his clean energy goals with American job growth. He visited election-important North Carolina to underscore the improvements to light-emitting diode (LED) technology since his last presidential campaign in 2008 -- when he appeared at Cree Inc. for the first time, a few months before capturing the state's Electoral College votes

The surface of Earth is being reshaped constantly. Mountainous uplands are broken down by water and wind producing sediment that is moved by rivers to lowlands. Some of this sediment is deposited along the way, some is delivered to the coast and continental shelf, and some makes its way to the ultimate sink, the deep sea

* Ash has affected flights as far away as Australia * No sign of Chile volcanic eruption stabilizing [More]

LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - Torrential rain in southernChina triggered floods and landslides, killing an unknown number [More]

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's record Mississippi River floods are forecast to create the biggest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" since systematic mapping began in 1985, U.S. scientists reported on Tuesday. [More]

Florida mile marker 102 is easy to miss, and many of the volunteers coming to help save three struggling pilot whales have to make a u-turn on US1 before pulling into the inconspicuous dirt road marked by a small sign, "Marine Mammal Conservancy." The three young whales, two still young enough to be dependent on their mothers for feeding and one, a late teen, are notably smaller than the huge humpbacks that usually come to mind when we think of beached whales. [More]

New York City is renowned for its great-tasting tap water, which is said to be amongst the purest in the country. However, when viewed under a microscope, the sight tends to disagree with the taste. Less than a year ago, it was reported that when looking at a microscopic droplet of this water, a NYC resident found tiny crustacean-like creatures floating around .

By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Europe Union's carbon market could be flooded with excess pollution permits over the next decade, deflating prices and undermining investment in green energy, five EU energy companies warned on Tuesday.

Help scientists solve the mystery of epsilon Aurigae, a mysterious, bright, eclipsing binary variable star that has baffled scientists since 1821 [More]

I don't know about you, but I like nothing more in summer than settling down with a great science book. So here are 20 recommendations, in authorial alphabetical order, from A to J.

Oxytocin is known as the “love hormone” because it encourages trust, cooperation and social bonding. [More]

Last week, my colleagues and I wrapped up our second annual Maymester course to Guam and Palau.While the course participants returned to Los Angeles, I stayed behind on the island of Guam to catch up with old friends and colleagues, and to begin sketching out a rough draft of next year’s scientific course content.

By Kevin Krolicki and Kiyoshi Takenaka KANAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Hisao Nakamura still can't accept that his crisply cut field of deep green tea bushes south of Tokyo has been turned into a radioactive hazard by a crisis far beyond the horizon. [More]