This story was co-published with The Virginian-Pilot. There are many ways to measure the cost of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War: In bombs (7…

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Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State, did not spend much time and energy with Christmas and New Year celebrations this year. She has…

Underscoring the need for a global shift to a low-carbon economy, a new report finds a record number of U.K. fossil fuel companies went bust…

The much-maligned anti-vaccine movement is fueled, in good part, by parents’ suspicion that childhood vaccination causes autism. The clinical term is Autism Spectrum Disorder: a…

Say what you will about Israeli political leaders, you can always count on them for one thing: They will do whatever they believe necessary to…

One of the criteria the Food and Drug Administration considers when deciding whether or not to approve a GMO is called “substantial equivalence.” This means…

Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option…

Over the past two decades, there has been a meteoric rise in the number of children – now estimated to be 1 in 6 –…

Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease? While climate conditions in the U.S. are increasingly favorable…

… Because the rain belongs to the overbearing government, because corporate greed claims water is not a human right, and because Americans are not entitled…

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect at least 2 million Americans every year. At least 23,000 die as a result.1 The growing threat of antibiotic-resistant disease is one…