Society & Policy

Russian scientists have developed experimental embalming methods to maintain the look, feel and flexibility of the Soviet Union's founder’s body, which is 145 years old today 

A lack of funding has forced the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica to hand over its collection to the state and its educational park

China could get nearly 60 percent of its energy from renewables by 2050 according to a new study

The 408 residents of Tuntutuliak Alaska, live at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, 450 miles west of Anchorage over a mountain range and across a seemingly endless and treeless rolling tundra plain.

Alice B. Toklas truly stirred the pot when she included a recipe for hashish fudge in her memoir-cum-cookbook. She published The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook in 1954, following the death of her lifelong partner, Gertrude Stein.

Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Canada to take on challenges of a changing Arctic

Inside and outside the kitchen, chefs have been known to get into the weeds–but the majority of culinary cannabis creations have been mainly limited to a few cakes, cookies, and of course, the archetypal pot brownie.

BP's Macondo well disaster was bad but U.S. oil addiction is worse

It's on the beach, in the marshes, on the continental shelf and under the deep sea—and still not all of the oil has been found

It's a sad fact that as members of a species become rarer they tend to suffer from inbreeding. This lack of genetic diversity can lead to birth defects and other problems, making a species even more endangered as time progresses.

Top oil-producing nations and companies pledge to eliminate the waste of natural gas that also exacerbates global warming

Over the last several days a consortium of people interested in herpetology, weird animals, animal lore, and special effects have worked together to help resolve an incredible and bizarre `mystery'*.