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Federal health officials report 25 deaths in a dozen states due to listeria contamination from Colorado cantaloupe. Terrell Brown reports.

A decade ago layers of shale lying deep underground supplied only 1 percent of America’s natural gas. Today they provide 30 percent

An article in the November issue of Scientific American investigates the scientific truths about fracturing deep shales to harvest natural gas. But the story continues to develop in the news, so we've created this Storify file to track ongoing developments. Come back each week for the latest

One man's quest to find practical applications for a gown of silk nets him a successful blog — and a book deal.

Country's deadliest known outbreak of food-borne illness claims more lives; 123 sickened overall

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans inspections of coastal regions for potential pollution risks from oil spills, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The inspections were aimed at enhancing awareness among local governments and companies about safe production, and establishing mechanisms to prevent oil leaks, Xinhua reported, quoting Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) spokesman Tao Detian

The leading group of American pediatricians has issued a policy stating that children under the age of 2 should not be watching any TV -- and their parents should cut back as well.

This graphic originally appeared with the article " Halting the World's Most Lethal Parasite ," in the November 2010 issue of Scientific American . We are posting it as background for today's announcement of good success in a phase III trial using a traditional vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline. Scroll down to see the illustration

By tracking every step of the food production process, the next time people start getting sick from cantaloupes, it will be much easier to find which farms are clean, and which are responsible. Food contamination has been in the news recently, and for good reason; at this moment, people in the U.S. are still getting sick from cantaloupe tainted with listeria.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Posts Quarterly Revenue of $28.27 Billion . Riding record Mac and iPad sales, Apple reported $6.62 billion of net quarterly profit, up from $4.31 billion the same quarter last year.

Replacing the oil that we use to make our car parts is just as important as replacing the oil we use to power our cars. Our vehicles are made from, and run on, petroleum.

We know what's happened to Apple recently: The company has released a carefully updated edition of many of its core products, over the course of the last eight months (starting with the iPad 2), culminating in the launch of the iPhone 4S. In between the reveal of this phone and it actually going on sale, legendary Apple CEO and cofounder Steve Jobs passed away, finally losing his protracted battle with cancer and its side effects.

Debris from the devastating tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 has turned up exactly where scientists predicted it would after months of floating across the Pacific Ocean. Finding and confirming where the debris ended up gives them a better idea of where it's headed next. The magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami that struck off the coast of Tohoku in Japanwas so

American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement says new studies link too much "screen time" to developmental delays