Hurricanes: Water, Not Wind, Is Deadliest

Hurricanes: Water, Not Wind, Is Deadliest

When most people think of hurricanes, they imagine winds gusting over 100 miler per hour, but water has been responsible for 86 percent of all direct hurricane and tropical storm fatalities in the…
Lemons To Lemonade Is Like Soda Cans To Hydrogen

Lemons To Lemonade Is Like Soda Cans To Hydrogen

An old adage goes that 'if life gives you lemons, make lemonade', which basically means turn something negative into something positive.  Pollution is bad but a new study shows that it may some…
Cancer Is Killing Fewer Americans Than Ever

Cancer Is Killing Fewer Americans Than Ever

The science and medical response to activists claims that drinking water, weedkillers, and food coloring are killing people is to ask, where are the dead bodies? They were there because those don't…
Climate Change Implicated In Teen Pregnancy

Climate Change Implicated In Teen Pregnancy

Young women are at at increased risk of school dropout, transactional sex, gender-based violence, and early pregnancy, leading authors of a new paper to declare climate change a public health…
The 'Still Explosions' Of Lichens On Stone

The 'Still Explosions' Of Lichens On Stone

Lichens on stone, those “still explosions” as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems…