Environment
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Animals
Why are bees vanishing?
Scientists find evidence that pesticides, disease and other threats are devastating bees. And that could hurt farmers big time.
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Computing
Cool Jobs: Paid to dream
Some visionaries use science and engineering to see what our world could — and should — become
By Kellyn Betts -
Environment
Broadcom MASTERS: Meet the winners!
Young teens show off the research that won them a place in the national spotlight.
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Animals
Alien carp leap onto the scene
Last summer, Alison Coulter got a big surprise as she piloted a boat along the Wabash River in Indiana. Startled by her boat’s motor, a 60-centimeter (24-inch) carp leaped out of the river. In some cases, jumping Asian carp have broken a boater’s nose, jaw or arm.
By Roberta Kwok -
Environment
Unconventional spill
An accidental spill of extra-heavy crude oil points to some unusual challenges in safely getting this petroleum to market.
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Environment
Explainer: All crude oil is not alike
Crude oil comes in conventional and unconventional types.
By Janet Raloff -
Animals
Gorgeous eco-bullies
‘Foreign’ lionfish — aquarium castoffs — have been invading American coastal waters at an alarming rate and gobbling up the natives.
By Janet Raloff -
Tech
Explainer: What is fracking?
Energy companies have found new use for hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale rock.
By Erica Gies -
Environment
Home, plastic home
Some ocean life is moving into floating piles of plastic trash.
By Janet Raloff -
Environment
Pee is for power
The water in urine can be a source of hydrogen for electrical generators.
By Sid Perkins -
Environment
Fungi as carbon keepers
A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground.
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Environment
Bad for breathing
New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways.