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In Case You Still Haven't Reached for the Prozac

Costa Rica’s golden toad has gone extinct because its natural habitat has dried up, sending a warning that freshwater species and habitats around the world are in serious trouble, according […]

Today's Financial Advice: Avoid Long-Term Investments

Emissions of greenhouse gases could rise enormously over the next 100 years, according to a draft report by leading climatologists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC researchers […]

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor in Business

A U.K. government report to be released next week will name and shame supermarkets that sell produce tainted with pesticides. Thirty percent of the food samples tested for the report […]

Dumbo Cancels Appearance at Bangkok Film Festival

The World Wildlife Fund in Thailand has launched a year-long campaign to end the rampant ivory trade in the nation, whose national symbol, ironically, is the elephant. Traders exploit legal […]

This One's Not All Good News, But We're Desperate

Carbon-monoxide levels seem to be steadily decreasing over the eastern U.S., signaling that polices to reduce pollution may be succeeding, according to University of Maryland scientists who published their findings […]

"Darn," Says Company Oil Spokesperson, "Guess We'll Just Have to Raise Prices."

Democrats won a small victory in the Senate yesterday when they blocked an effort to keep oil companies from having to pay increased royalties when they drill on public land. […]

Meanwhile, Baca the Ranch …

A 95,000-acre cattle ranch in northern New Mexico, home to one of the largest wild elk herds in the U.S., is poised to become public land under a deal struck […]

Fortunately, Most Lithuanians Now Glow in the Dark

Lithuania, the most nuclear-dependent country in the world, announced plans yesterday to decommission by 2005 one of the two Soviet-era nuclear reactors at its Ignalina nuclear power plant. No decisions […]

Trickle-Down Oceanographics

Creatures that dwell on the deep ocean floor are suffering from a long-lasting and worsening food shortage, which may be due to increases in the temperature of the ocean’s surface, […]

Meanwhile, GM Proceeds with Plans for New 18-Wheel SUV

An effort to raise fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks may be gaining momentum in the Senate, where Sens. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Richard Bryan (D-Nev.) […]