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A black plume of smoke spreads out from burning railcars. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Environment

Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months...

Staff Writer - September 30, 2024

Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine,...

Health

Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals...

Staff Writer - February 21, 2023

Michael F. Gorman, University of Dayton Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in...

EXPLORING NATURE

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

Nature

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

Staff Writer - September 10, 2024

Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower. This...

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024

Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new...

September 3, 2024

People enjoy spending time in nature but don’t always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new...

August 28, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

August 18, 2024