From Environmental Health News Less than two weeks after Steve Simmons bought a 2015 Explorer, he began feeling ill, and blood tests indicated that he had carbon monoxide poisoning. Over the last five years, auto safety regulators have received hundreds…

From Environmental Health News For people who work to protect the environment, the chemical’s presence in the water highlights what’s wrong with the regulatory process By Kevin Maurer StarNews Correspondent SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Kemp Burdette jokes that he is prone…

From BBC DNA from ancient remains has been used to reconstruct thousands of years of population history in Africa. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 16 individuals who lived between 8,000 and 1,000 years ago. The data shows how the invention…

From BBC The idea of plant-eating dinosaurs having a strict vegetarian diet has been called into question. New evidence suggests that some dinosaurs snacked on shellfish and insects as well as plant food. A study of fossilised droppings indicates duck-billed…

From Environmental Health News Neonic pesticides are “extremely harmful” to bees and other non-target species, even in barely-measurable amounts, new research shows. The research showed even tiny amounts of the pesticides could be harmful to bees. Photo: 123RF The Task…