Scooby doobie don't: Discarded joints pose hazards for dogs

Bondi, an 8-month-old toy poodle, had just returned from a walk when he began stumbling. His…

Campaigners call for fossil fuel deadline, more climate aid

Environmental campaigners urged climate envoys from dozens of nations gathering Tuesday in Berlin to discuss a…

Study finds gender pay differences begin early, with the job search

A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that…

Measuring the value that US residents place on clean water

A new special edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) focuses on…

A potential therapeutic approach for treating colistin-resistant infections

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic critical for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Resistance to colistin heralds the…

Why does your life flash before your eyes near death?

Survivors of close calls with death often recall extraordinary experiences: seeing light at the end of…

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch

Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday over SpaceX’s launch last month…

The science behind the life and times of the Earth's salt flats

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Alaska Anchorage are the first…

Scientists describe carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica for first time

Subglacial lakes that never see the light of day are among the least accessible frontiers of…

Thrift shops thrive when disorder is balanced with high seller knowledge

One person’s trash may well be another’s “come up,” or what the rapper Macklemore calls hidden…