Environment
Why is it so hard for capitalism to go green?
April 26, 2016The global climate crisis rests squarely with us and, in no small degree, depends on the outcome of the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections.
Read moreThis week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
April 26, 2016Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
Read moreBeyond Flint: Water safety is a life or death issue
April 5, 2016All over the country, communities are forced to live with tainted water, and it's important to note that in many such cases, in the face of dire health concerns, states exhibit a shocking level of negligence.
Read moreA national object lesson: California’s air and coast, a buyer’s market
March 25, 2016Most recently, the South Coast Air Quality Management District upended its mission to clean our air.
Read moreNext Einstein Forum: African countries seek to keep their brain power
March 23, 2016More than 700 persons, researchers, decision-makers, industrialists and heads of state, traced a future path for science in Africa.
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