Prominent private philanthropies and charitable foundations, including one built from the oil fortune of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, are announcing their intention to divest from fossil fuel holdings…more»
A crowd of at least 310,000 flooded the streets of New York Sunday for the historic People’s Climate March, billed as the largest demonstration of its kind in history, organized…more»
NASA is bringing space travel back to the United States. The agency announced this week that Boeing and SpaceX will transport American astronauts to the International Space Station using their…more»
The small pieces of plastic known as “microbeads” found in some facial scrubs and body wash have recently garnered scrutiny, and a ban in the state of Illinois, for the…more»
The White House outlined on Tuesday its efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak. The United States is ramping up its efforts in West Africa with the deployment of 3000 US…more»
It is still mid-September and fall has yet to officially arrive but the past few days have had a chilliness in the air that remind us that winter is just…more»
Tom Hanks has a love for an unlikely object: typewriters. The Hollywood star bought his first typewriter in the 1970s, a Hermes 2000. His love affair has continued ever since.…more»
The 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of BP’s “gross negligence” and “willful misconduct,” a federal judge has ruled. The ruling on Thursday by U.S.…more»
NASA has approved the development of its next-generation rocket which will one day carry astronauts to Mars. Government scientists confirmed last week that they have completed a lengthy review of…more»
The world’s two largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a new study based on detailed satellite imagery. Presented by…more»
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