In 1960, about a half-million teens took a test. Now it could predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers are exploring how the largest student survey could be studied to forecast life outcomes.
In a First, Gravitational Waves Linked to Neutron Star Crash
The stunning find is already helping astronomers resolve a heated debate about the cosmic origins of gold and silver.
In Harvey's Wake, Residents Near Houston Industry Suffer Pollution Spike
Refinery shutdowns leave communities vulnerable to releases of hazardous emissions
In huge victory, Army Corps of Engineers calls for full environmental impact statement on pipeline
The Army Corps of Engineers has announced that it will require a full environmental impact statement for the section of the Dakota Access Pipeline that crosses Sioux ancestral lands and passes under the Missouri River.
In Its Layers, This Stunning Pink Coralline Algae Holds Secrets of Climates Past
Unseen and unsung for centuries, these underwater species of coralline algae are providing scientists with an unparalleled new archive of information
In the Middle of the Night Boston Judges Block Trump Immigration Orders
Sacchetti writes: In a rare middle-of-the night decision, two federal judges in Boston temporarily halted President Trump’s executive order blocking immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States.
Income and Wealth Inequality
Wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, the great economic issue of our time, and the great political issue of our time.
India doubles down on solar power with huge park capacity increase
The Indian government has given the second phase of their solar parks program a green light and has increased their target to 40 gigawatts.
India’s floods expose its total vulnerability to climate change
In West Bengal, residents say Hurricane Harvey in the US is “no comparison” to devastation for which their country left them woefully unprepared
India's sugarcane farmers: A cycle of debt and suicide | India | Al Jazeera
How rising debts, pesticides and erratic rainfall are pushing some farmers in southern India to suicide.
