The Dangers of Fracking: New Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater
A Q&A with Brian Fontenot, whose research gives the latest indication that fracking may be tied to arsenic contamination.
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Can a Messy Desk Make You More Creative?
New research finds working in a disorderly environment can lead to greater creativity—but that clutter isn't without its downsides.
Here Come the Hurricanes: The 9 Best Stories on How They Affect Policy and People
We’ve rounded up some of the best reporting on hurricanes and what happens after they’re over—from inept planning to police abuses to waste and misspending during the recovery.
Climate Change Affects the 71 Percent of the World People Don’t Live on, Too
It's taken a while, but all of science is waking up to the idea that global warming is, well, global.
Is It Time to Kill Off the Sharks?
After a 15-year-old girl was bitten in half in the waters off a French island, authorities started considering a massive cull. But have they thought through all of the potential consequences?
Cultivating Values on the College Farm, or, Revisionist History Has No Future
There are plenty of awful factory farms in the U.S. living up to the expression that "meat is murder." So why did a small college going the extra mile to be humane and sustainable face an orchestrated avalanche of wrath when it planned to slaughter two of its admittedly iconic oxen?
The Fuzzy Math Being Used to Justify Horse Slaughter in the United States
Did closing slaughterhouses really lead to an increase in animal abuse?
Time May Be Running Out for Rhinos as Poaching Persists Worldwide
South Africa debates legalization of the rhino-horn trade to stem smuggling.
If Only Renewable Energy Had a Smaller ‘But’
Wind and solar remain small components of the U.S. energy portfolio, but two new data points out this week suggest they're starting to to hit their stride.