The Price of an Oil Spill
Details of BP's settlement over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been released.
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Ancient Soil Samples Link Fires to Climate Change
We're in for a hot one, a study of thousand-year-old charcoal deposits in northern Colorado suggests.
Please Silence Your Sonar
The U.S. Navy agrees to give marine mammals off California and Hawaii a break from deafening noise.
What Cheating Emissions Standards Tells Us About Ourselves
To understand the outrage over the Volkswagen scandal and recall, consider the meat industry.
The Perks of Being a Virtual Social Butterfly
Facebook makes us sad and Twitter is bad for our relationships, we’ve been told, but are these apps actually changing how humans communicate?
Power of the People
Crowdsourcing could cut conservation costs for boring, uncharismatic, or ugly species.
Tweets From Mobile Devices Convey More Egotism
New research finds they also contain more negative words than Web-based tweets.
Has Development Turned Nairobi National Park Into a Glorified Zoo?
As fences spring up on all sides, a great wildlife reserve morphs into something much less great.
Scientists Quantify How Different Humans Are From Each Other, Genetically
We're definitely distinct, but not too different.
What the 2015 MacArthur Fellows Are Up to
The latest scientists to win the "genius grants" are learning about the brain, turning sewage into useful stuff, and everything in between.