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The logging industry argues that cutting down old-growth trees is good for forest management, but the science says otherwise.

As a potential armed conflict looms, one expert takes a look at the sanctions that have been most devastating to innocent civilians.

Florida law allows the company to do it, but it seems highly unlikely that the company would ever go through with such a project.

Changes to the state's evaluation system for schools has thrown the state's school accountability system into flux.

Relations between the two nations have deteriorated sharply in recent days, leading some to suggest that we are on the brink of a new cold war.

Two separate studies highlight Sri Lanka's increased risk to changing weather patterns that are driving extensive changes in both living standards and livelihoods.

The concerns were echoed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose office offered $75 million to help pay for 100 more early voting sites.

For the LGBTQ community, the digital age should have opened an age of freedom. Instead, it has opened them to new threats across the globe.

A new study looks at how zoning policies, which have long been used to reinforce inequality, are being repurposed to promote environmental justice.

New research suggests that, due to global warming, storm-related deaths in developing nations could increase by as much as 52 percent.

Pete Buttigieg and Julián Castro have made their faith a pillar of their political platforms, signaling potentially larger shifts within American politics.

It's not just that 5G requires a lot of gear that can inspire NIMBY-ism from locals, it's also that some people really don't like it when they see it.

The IAAF's ruling against the South African athlete reveals a lack of understanding about gender and how testosterone affects performance.

While we have seen job growth in parts of the manufacturing sector, wages have continued to stagnate and consumer product prices look set to increase.

Housing advocates, immigrants' rights groups, social policy think tanks, and public housing management organizations have united in opposition to the rule.

To understand any potential dangers presented by the Chinese company, we need to understand the difference between vulnerabilities, backdoors, and bugdoors.

More than 400 dams are currently proposed for Central America's rivers, but thanks largely to a feisty indigenous resistance—as well as a non-profit—they are still yet to be built.

A new report reveals the major European supermarkets that are potentially fueling illegal deforestation when they support the Brazilian cattle industry.

Koalas were recently given the distinction in Australia as their numbers have dropped to around 80,000. What's the future hold for these small herbivores?

In Boston, a new plan to make parks and infrastructure suited to the effects of climate change is raising concerns about so-called "green gentrification."

U.S. government archives narrate the human rights abuses committed by Argentina's military junta, often with the assistance of the American government.

Environmental groups argue that Europe should use trade leverage to prevent the Brazilian government from furthering the destruction of the rainforest.

Many scientists have flocked to Instagram and other social media platforms to share science more accessibly.

As antitrust increasingly becomes a topic of mainstream conversation, it brings with it the political will necessary to ensure vigorous enforcement.