Cost of cigarettes must rise to reflect environmental damage from tobacco industry, WHO says: Sector's carbon footprint is comparable to entire countries, study finds.
After more than 40 years in space, Voyager 2 is finally reaching the edge of the heliopause — the boundary where the Sun's solar wind can no longer overpower the combined winds from other distant stars..
Canadian military says doubling of sex assault reports a sign of progress - 'It's a positive indication that people feel free to come forward,' commodore says.
“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with, finds a new study in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology (n=387). The results provide a striking demonstration of how our powers of reasoning are corrupted by our prior attitudes..
A huge rise in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs is potentially posing a threat to the environment. “Antidepressant and antianxiety medications are found everywhere, in sewage, surface water, ground water, drinking water, soil, and accumulating in wildlife tissues.
The 1972 Clean Water Act dramatically cut pollution in U.S. waterways, according to the first comprehensive study of water pollution over the past several decades..
