Science – Page 47 – People's World

Children and the courts

June 28, 2012 By Thomas Riggins

We can congratulate the Supreme Court for its recent decision that sentencing children to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional.

Canada, bowing to oil companies, fires ocean scientists

June 12, 2012 By Blake Skylar

After massive layoffs at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, leading ocean scientists - and the environment itself - will suffer the consequences.

EPA considers banning frog-poisoning herbicide

June 8, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004, but in the U.S., approximately 80 million pounds of it are used during a year.

Drink coffee, live longer?

May 22, 2012 By Thomas Riggins

Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.

$Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects$

Study exposes fracking’s poisonous effects

May 11, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Now, concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale have skyrocketed, in light of a recent scientific study.