“All of these things wouldn’t have happened a couple of years ago because there wasn’t enough room on the sidewalks”

An important new study suggests that statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications that are the most prescribed drugs in the world, may block some of the fitness benefits of exercise, one of the surest ways to improve health.

Laura Nielsen for Frontier Scientists The Landsat mission, a joint effort between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has been collecting data on Earth's physical features via satellite since the 1970s. "The Landsat data record -- humanity's longest continuous record of our planet from space -- has been an invaluable tool for scientists and decision-makers in many fields, from natural resources to agricultural productivity and […]

In its report on the Keystone XL pipeline, EPA identified “significant environmental impacts” and noted that full assessment of these impacts was not possible due to insufficient information. The monetary value of the damage is arguably as much as $100 billion per year.

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