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Still panicked after the Fukushima disaster? China's not: They're sending nuclear technology to everyone--even Pakistan.

About a dozen children injured by child feeding seats, Consumer Products Safety Commission says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a series of high-profile natural gas drilling spills, the Energy Department named a panel to recommend ways to improve the safety of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a technique that has expanded the country's potential to extract the fuel.

Is it possible that the traditional office worker has the most dangerous job in America? Consider the following studies that found sitting for extended periods is hazardous to your health. In 2007, Dr

BPA , an estrogen-mimicking chemical found in food and drink can linings, adhesives, and many plastics, has been repeatedly linked to breast cancer, early puberty, infertility, and other health problems. The stuff is really bad for you.

Professional pyromaniacs (fine, engineers) employed by the insurance industry are finding increasingly sophisticated ways to recreate horrific natural disasters--and their research is helping companies avoid millions in losses. As wildfires rage through Texas and the U.S

We had a feeling that BrightSource Energy was destined for big things when Google first announced it was investing $10 million in the solar thermal startup in 2008. After all, Google only invests in impressive ( TechnoServe , eSolar ) and profoundly weird ( wind power from kites , anyone?) companies.

A new study reveals more American children are getting CT scans in hospitals. Dr.

NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - The National TransportationSafety Board will conduct a review of the safety system [More]

On December 1, 1969, Jersey Central Power & Light initiated fission in the fuel rods of the nation's first boiling-water nuclear reactor--one of 31 ultimately built in the U.S. The first "turnkey" plant, Oyster Creek nuclear generating station in New Jersey was sold for less than $100 million in 1964--a price well below what it would ultimately cost to build the reactor. The point was to prove that a nuclear power facility could be built as cheaply as a coal-fired power plant, and the key to that was a smaller safety system

Dear EarthTalk : What specific issues and protections are covered by the Food Safety Modernization Act recently signed into law? --P.

Giants Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs dominate the metropolis. But is there now room for entrepreneurs? The Hong Kong social enterprise scene is just getting going --and so is the startup movement