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Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22 Raptor
In May of 2011, the Air Force took the unusual and radical step of grounding their entire F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft fleet because it appeared that something was wrong …
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At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded
The weather's getting warmer in Afghanistan and the war there is heating up again. That means, as it has meant every year for more than a decade, that the …
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When Polluted Water Is Safe to Drink: Inside the Dimock Fracking Fight
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the past four months testing water wells used by families in the rural community of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where residents and environmental …
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How Long Will Japan’s Nuclear Recess Be? Enter Kazakhstan
Environmental victories are so scarce these days that you can’t blame eco-activists for trumpeting any good news — even when the news turns out to be mostly smoke and …
Why Aren’t These Fraudulent Papers Retracted?
According to Science Times, the Tuesday science section in The New York Times, scientific retractions are on the rise because of a
The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts
In the 1958 cult horror classic The Thing That Couldn’t Die, a young lass out water-witching (of all things) discovers a curious and ancient box–one that, whether you follow …
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The Avengers’ New Vision: Peace and Justice Activists, Assemble!
It has been one of those life-affirming weeks. When something that has been a part of you for decades finally gets the attention and admiration you’ve felt it has …
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Political Ads: America Discovers Columbus
If you live in Columbus, Ohio, my sympathy. Don’t get me wrong. Columbus is a wonderful town – the state capital, birthplace of the late great humorist James Thurber, …
Forty Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only a Sliver of Land
Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to disclose the chemicals they use that it largely …