Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM
BPA, a hormone disrupter, seems to have only a slight additional effect on people that handle cash register receipts.
In two new studies, ginkgo biloba improved brain functioning in hyperactive German children and boosted memory processes in older Americans.
After eight weeks of mindfulness meditation classes, migraine sufferers experienced fewer, shorter and less painful headaches.
Bats are so critical to insect control that they are protected in many European countries, yet high numbers are being killed by whirling hard-edged wind turbines.
A leading scientist has detected poisonous chemicals both in groundwater and in the air near fracking sites and warns of the long-term risk of cancer in nearby areas.
Jan 30, 2015 11:19AM
Pine resin and alfalfa seeds are components of a Swedish chemical product that could enable lithium-ion batteries to be recharged for a millennium.
Plastic bags are being marketed as “biodegradable” or “oxodegradable” on scant evidence, says the Federal Trade Commission.
Supporters of a law banning GMO crops on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai are slugging it out in court with Monsanto and Dow.
Jan 30, 2015 11:18AM
The recent carbon targets agreed upon by President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping—the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies—signal a big step forward in emissions control.
Newly-emphasized threats to oceans from toxic plastic trash and rising temperatures lend urgency to an organized European effort to study and protect sea waters.
