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May 20, 2013 10:00 AM ET // Bahar Gholipour, LiveScience
An extract from the kava plant can treat people with chronic anxiety.
May 20, 2013 07:35 AM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
In the wake of news that Everest's glaciers are shrinking, we also learn that Peru's giant Quelccaya Ice Cap is wasting away, taking along with it a valuable archive of past climate data. Continue reading →
May 20, 2013 06:32 AM ET // Gayathri Vaidyanathan
A “devastating” tornado today may have been rated as only “significant” in years past. Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 11:07 AM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
Ka-pow! If phytoplankton could make noise, this is what they might sound like off the coast of France this spring. Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 10:30 AM ET // Jesse Emspak
Using satellite data, scientists might be able to give people faster warning of tsunamis. Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 07:41 AM ET // Tim Wall
Melted snow from the Rocky Mountains supplies drinking water for about 70 million Americans, but a study by the U.S. Geological Survey warns that warmer springs reduced snow cover in the mountains by 20 percent since 1980. Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 06:15 AM ET // Emily Sohn
A systematic sampling of lakes around Minnesota turned up a wide variety of chemicals, including DEET, BPA, prescription drugs and cocaine.
May 17, 2013 05:50 AM ET // Christina Reed
Goodbye, glaciers. These rivers of ice are melting worldwide.
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