Manchin-Romney Attack on Social Security Is ‘Last Thing We Need’: Sanders
Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday slammed right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s widely panned proposal…
EPA Plan for Forever Chemical Discharges ‘Lacks the Urgency’ Needed, Watchdog Says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly released plan for regulating wastewater pollution, including discharges of…
Avalanche buries multiple vehicles in Tibet, killing at least 28 people
An avalanche hit southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 19:50 LT on Tuesday, January 17,…
Slow slip events underway on Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand, releasing energy equivalent to M7 earthquake
Another slow-motion earthquake, or “slow slip event,” is now underway on the Hikurangi subduction plate…
Eruption at Popocatepetl ejects dense ash up to 8.5 km (28 000 feet) a.s.l., Mexico
A stronger-than-usual eruption took place at Popocatepetl volcano, Mexico at around 13:38 UTC (07:38 LT)…
Opinion | Why Understanding Limits Is the Key to Humanity’s Future
Recent news articles about a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research heralded the potential for “limitless”…
Opinion | Can a Discharge Petition Save Economy From GOP Hostage-Taking Over Debt Ceiling?
We knew this was coming. Last year, there were signals that Congress would have to…
Opinion | We Must Stop Thinking About This as a “Border Crisis”
Most of us agree that the U.S. immigration system is in dire need of reform.…
Opinion | Ben-Gvir Escalates Religious War Against Palestinians
In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli…
Climate change is threatening Madagascar’s famous forests – our study shows how serious it is
Global climate change doesn’t only cause the melting of polar ice caps, rising sea levels…