"A blip of energy picked up by a Russian radio telescope might have been nothing more than a satellite passing overhead — or even a software glitch".

"Everywhere you turn, it seems, there's news about the human microbiome. And, more specifically, about the bacteria that live in your gut and help keep you healthy. Those bacteria, it turns out, are hiding a big secret: their own microbiome. A study published Monday suggests some viruses in your gut could be beneficial."

"It's as if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump live on two entirely different Earths: one warming, one not."

"Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth's temperatures almost 200 years ago as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday."

"The unique mix of microbes in soil has a profound effect on which plants thrive and which ones die".

"The Netherlands, home to windmills and clogs, legalized prostitution and marijuana, is also home to intensively farmed cropland. Holland’s small size and large population have meant that the country his historically needed savvy agriculturalists to feed its people. But as it grows less and less of its own food, the government has  to buy out farmers to return cropland to a wilder state.

"Marc Edwards took up the cause of water activists in Michigan a year ago — and earned their trust. Now he’s fighting to keep it."

"Twelve Democratic attorneys general want a House chairman to end his investigation into state probes of Exxon Mobil Corp."

"Just as scientists are warning that our planet's climate is set to overshoot critical thresholds, Americans have become more divided than ever along partisan lines over global warming."