For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?
The synchronized emergence of periodic cicadas is an evolutionary strategy. But some scientists think global warming could be affecting the insects’ cycles.
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Biden administration will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across ... -
EPA bans consumer use of a toxic chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause cancer
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.... -
Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, new guidelines says
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday
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Britney and Jamie Spears settle legal dispute over conservatorship, avoiding ugly and revealing trial
Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears have settled the remaining issues in the court conservatorship that controlled her life and affairs for nearly 14 years.
