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Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

Seasoned Executive and Director Tom Keefer Assumes Chairmanship of the SEEGRAIN™ Board of Governors Global

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Tom Keefer Assumes Chairmanship of the SEEGRAIN™ Board of Governors Global

Pennsylvania legalized online gambling in 2017. Tatiana Maksimova/Moment Collection via Getty Images

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Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment

The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

Business

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty Images

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Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment

Economy

Stock investors on higher floors take more risks – here’s why

Staff Writer - April 10, 2018

Economy

How to deal with life’s risks more rationally

Staff Writer - April 7, 2018

Economy

Today’s youth reject capitalism, but what do they want to replace...

Staff Writer - April 4, 2018

Economy

Why natural resource finds are more than just a curse: the...

Staff Writer - April 2, 2018

Economy

Why are more people doing gig work? They like it

Staff Writer - April 1, 2018

Economy

Why not nationalize Facebook?

Staff Writer - March 30, 2018

Economy

Baseball teams need to protect fans from foul balls — and...

Staff Writer - March 28, 2018

Business

Trump’s $60 billion in China tariffs will create more problems than...

Staff Writer - March 24, 2018

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EXPLORING NATURE

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

Education

Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026