The latest report from David Reich’s genetics lab at Harvard is that “Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection ...

On October 10th, 1957, a nuclear reactor fire broke out at Windscale in the UK becoming the first nuclear disaster to ...

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Gregg Phillips, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Office of Response and Recovery, has raised eyebrows ...

Late Neanderthals are believed to have descended from a small group that survived extreme Ice Age conditions in southwestern ...

Rising temperatures across the United States are often assumed to be a major force driving people to relocate. But new ...

Fish living downstream of wastewater treatment plants are accumulating antidepressants, opioids and other drugs of abuse in their bodies, according to a new study. Using a new analytical method t ...

It’s 3am. The room is dark, the house is silent, but your brain is suddenly wide awake. Many people find themselves waking at ...

Often hailed as the most successful international environmental agreement of all time, the 1987 Montreal Protocol continues ...

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By 2040, an estimated 80 million Americans will be 65 or older. Of these, 14 million will be at least 85, more than doubling ...

America’s most toxic lake may also be one of its most overlooked resources. At the Berkeley Pit Superfund Site, scientists ...