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The E.P.A.’s Review of Mercury Rules Could Remake Its Methods for Valuing Human Life and Health

WASHINGTON — When writing environmental rules, one of the most important calculations involves weighing the financial costs against any gains in human life ... the mercury rule by placing different va... read more

Lawyer: South Dakota pet store owner not 'terrible person'

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The attorney of a South Dakota pet store owner whose business was raided last month said Friday that his client doesn't abuse animals and isn't the "terrible person" people are port... read more

Trump, French President Macron review the troops and enjoy the pomp before getting down to business

President Donald Trump’s review of the troops to celebrate the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron’s arrival at the White House Tuesday was keeping with tradition, though the president - a sel... read more

The carbon price monster the village grew to fear

Another cap-and-trade carbon policy, this one was the first inkling for Dr Kevin Frankenstein that a carbon policy could be an unloved beast ... At the conclusion of the book, it simply vowed to take ... read more

The Curious Case of the Immortal Jellyfish

It’s official: the only thing certain in this world is taxes. That’s because death, for a tiny sea creature, is not inevitable. Turritopsis nutricul, a jellyfish-like hydrazoan, is the only animal kno... read more

Tesla Shares Shaken by Accounting Chief’s Exit and Musk’s Pot Smoke

Tesla shares dropped sharply Friday after the electric-car company disclosed that its chief of accounting was leaving the ... and Gabrielle Toledano, the head of human resources, have departed in the ... read more

Pope Francis' climate message fails to move GOP

The reactions suggested that the pontiff's desire to translate his climate views into real action to combat greenhouse gases could fall flat ... faced questions in the run-up to passage of Obama's hea... read more

California slayings suspect yells 'I am not guilty!' to jury

to a jury at the start of his trial Friday for two of the killings. Rodney Halbower also yelled "I have never raped or murdered in my life!" to the jury in an outburst that briefly disrupted court pro... read more

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Immigrant advocates are using any method they can think of to get immigrants ready to ... A Los Angeles County judge rules that four social workers can be sent to trial in the case of an 8-year-old Pa... read more

The EPA’s Review of Mercury Rules Could Remake Its Methods for Valuing Human Life and Health

WASHINGTON — When writing environmental rules, one of the most important calculations involves weighing the financial costs against any gains in human life and health. The formulas are complex, but th... read more

Why do black holes have such strong gravity?

At the end of one of my favorite movies of all time, The War of the Worlds (the 1953 version, the only version, there was no remake, I can’t hear you, lalalalalalalala), the narrator says that it’s th... read more