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The Trump administration has dismantled the basis for all US climate regulations, in its most confrontational anti-environment move yet.The 2009 endangerment finding determined that greenhouse gases…

AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/AlamyFifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer to write up an experiment that he…

The future of the American west hangs in balance this week, as seven states remained at a stalemate over who should bear the brunt of the…

It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented, making realistic decisions that change as the economy changes.…

The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.Continued global heating could…

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes…

A man walked into Soleil Ramirez’s restaurant last month and started to ask strange questions: How many people do you have on staff? Why are you…

Donald Trump has an interesting view of how housing plays in US politics. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing…

As climate disasters drive up the price of home insurance, three US states are considering empowering their state prosecutors to sue major polluters for their role…

Monogamy, you may have heard, is in crisis. Fewer people are in relationships, let alone opting to be in one ’til death. And even those who…