Science
Leading climate-change scientist outlines an alarming scenario
A lengthy study lays out a scenario of potentially rapid sea-level rise combined with more intense storm systems.
Science
Brain scans show effects of poverty on kids
MRIs find less gray matter in areas used for learning.
Local
Contact, not headers, cause more concussions in youth soccer
Concussions related to soccer are clearly rising. But heading the ball was not the leading cause of the injuries.
Nation
Scientists say Pluto is a 'scientific wonderland'
Pluto's "heart" contains shifting glaciers of frozen nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide, and its atmosphere is both deeper and disappearing more rapidly than scientists predicted.
Nation
Participants in failed Apollo 13 mission recall how they made history
The men who were there say rescue effort after a space crisis was heroic.
NASA reveals what might be best chance yet of an Earth 2.0
The planet, Kepler 452b, circles a sunlike star in a habitable zone where the temperatures are lukewarm and suitable for liquid water on the surface — if it has a surface.
World
French teenager effectively cured of HIV
French teen's case shows early treatment is critical.
Science
Mount St. Helens is world's newest glacier
Surprisingly, it is growing at a time when most glaciers are in rapid retreat
Science
As Cuba opens to U.S., can it protect its natural assets?
The country is in desperate need of the economic benefits that lifting the embargo would almost certainly bring. But the ban, combined with Cuba's brand of controlled socialism, has also limited development that has wreaked havoc on its Caribbean neighbors.
Science
NASA spacecraft is hurtling toward close encounter with Pluto
The scientists behind New Horizons say the mission will help us understand the origin and evolution of the solar system.
Science
Rising trend: Elderly taking care of the elderly
More than 3 million older than 75 are caregivers to other seniors
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