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Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears

North Korea puts its DMZ-crossing drone fleet on display

Despite concerns following the Paris attacks, this high schooler is still going to the climate confe

Coastal city of Chennai, India's fourth largest, experiences record-breaking flooding

What's the bigger risk: Using nuclear energy or turning away from it?

A prominent scientist says the just-reached COP21 target for climate change may be unrealistic

After years of stalled talks, a veteran journalist has high hopes for this year's climate summit

Climate change-linked 'everyday disasters' are displacing the world’s poorest people

How China’s slowing economy could help battle climate change

China's recent smog gets the attention, but climate change, more broadly, could have a major impact

Are Californians awesome on climate change — or just stuck-up?

The pollution level in Beijing is at one of its highest ever

Is there a connection between in utero chemical exposure and obesity?

France bans marches, but climate activists find ways to make their voices heard in Paris

'No marches,' France tells climate activists, but protesters find ways to make their voices heard in

A new Toxic Substance Control Act may be in the works — sort of

Meet the pawpaw, America's forgotten fruit

Turning ice into fire. Iceland goes for drama.

Beekeepers and researchers are collaborating to build a better honeybee

A breakthrough may make the mega flow battery commercially viable in the near future