Scientists find signs that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics.

Many in-home drinking water filters may not remove the most concerning contaminants.

Researchers find that even just sleeping with a shirt that one's romantic partner has worn leads to improved slumber.

The diet appears to act on gut bacteria in a way that helps hinder physical frailty and reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find.

Indulging in a Western-style diet for 7 days impaired the brain function in healthy young people and made them want to overeat, researchers find.

There is a lot of research that shows that it does more harm than good.

Telling people to be grateful for what they have doesn't help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to new research.

In a world of rapidly disseminated information, and misinformation, the WHO has published a list of mythbusters.

Half of antibiotics prescribed by primary-care doctors are done so inappropriately and are fueling the emergence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

From social distancing to self-quarantine or isolation, being apart from people doesn't have to mean being bored and lonely.

It's sad, but it is happening everywhere.

Here's advice from people who know a lot about living in solitary, confined spaces.

It's not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap.

What could possibly go wrong?

The big light bulb manufacturers get what they want out of the DOE and the President. We should all stop buying anything from them.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

Alabama is contemplating a pipeline to the Great Lakes. We've said it time and again: transient drought will not drive the US Federal government to pipe Great Lakes water to the drought stricken states. If it becomes severe enough, and the impacts come

Why a water crisis in Atlanta now? The cause is not climate alone, as Lloyd's post of today points out. Runaway growth - Georgia is the fastest growing US state east of the Rocky Mountains - and a seeming refusal to plan for the future seem to have

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

With TeeVee news cameras focused exclusively on the California and Mexico wildfires, the thirsty and parched on the other coast are not going to be forgotten by us. The East Coast and Southeast US drought problems and their potential solutions are

US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00PM. Only 6

Image: Google Maps. We think this is the Widows Creek power plant where the spill happened, but if anyone from Alabama could confirm, please do so in the comments. Coal Waste Spill at At Alabama Coal Plant It wasn't so long ago that we were writing

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

A little salamander that is found in only a

Preston Kott of U.S. Environmental Services moves oil absorbent boom into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf coast as the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to

Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water

I'm a big fan of scenario thinking. Although no one can predict "the future," several plausible scenarios can be constructed, informing decisions made difficult by many unknowns. A good decision works in

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative

British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as "dispersed" beneath the ocean's surface, stretching from the wellhead, toward Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron: "The thick plume was detected

"People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the

Large swaths of US southern states are experiencing severe drought

Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

In York, Alabama they now have public space where before they had a collapsing house.

Cece Durden, a 17-year-old from Uniontown, Alabama, fights coal ash pollution in her hometown

There is a new use for your smashed iPhone: a clock.

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop

50% of Americans had reduced their electronics and apparel expenditures in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by management consulting firm, Booz & Company. They sum up their findings saying that "the impact

Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

Not up for camping at the Best Buy? We have three less costly and more comfortable options.

She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

It's one thing to drive to the mall, but one fifth of Canadian shoppers are driving to another country. That's crazy.

Celebrated outside of the United States, the holiday used to have a real meaning.

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?