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In Oregon and Denver, where marijuana is legal for recreational use, activists are now pushing toward a psychedelic frontier: “magic mushrooms.” Groups in both states...

Glyphosate is Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, appearing in hundreds of agricultural and gardening products, and although it has been linked to cancer and other serious...

IT is a tribute to the resilience of the United States’ public and private institutions that, despite President Trump’s incoherent management, the country has,...

Driven by American demand for cheap furniture, China has become the greatest importer of illegal timber. The...

Apparently, withdrawing from the Paris climate accord wasn't enough. Now, the Trump administration wants to restrict the world's ability to measure carbon emissions. According to...

The world's fifth largest economy —and possibly the first government in the world—is about to require solar panels for all new homes. The California Energy...

Coastal cities like New York and San Francisco have already started legal battles with oil giants for knowingly fueling climate change. Now, landlocked communities in...

Donald Glover had quite the weekend. The actor, who has been riding high these days with both his series "Atlanta" and his role as young...

Anil Seth, professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, explains the link between perception and reality. Seth believes reality as we...

A Virginia father posted a Facebook video that he says shows his 10-year-old son running to school in the rain as a form of...

To many in politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the...