If you’re baking a cake, the key to success is in having the right ingredients. If those ingredients are the best available, ...

We know a lot about how much fossil-derived carbon is emitted to the atmosphere but less about how much is stored in human-made products. Ecological economists estimate that each year, humans add ...

New research finds billions of tons of carbon get trapped in the everyday objects that make up the "technosphere".

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David Roberts has reported on climate change and energy systems launching him to his current status as one of the most influential climate journalists, podcasters, and bloggers in the United States.

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Most contemporary arguments about free will are between thinkers who believe free will is compatible with determinism and those who think determinism negates free will. Compatibilists tend to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering banning an artificial food coloring called Red No. 3 due to potential ...

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A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in Southeast Asia's Mekong region last year, WWF said Monday.