Happy people eat candy, hopeful people eat fruit

Candy urge? Switch your focus from the happy things of your past to the positive glow of your future, and you might reach for fruit instead, say these researchers.

Oil exploration and development in the Arctic

Robert Blaauw of Shell International participated in the Commission on Arctic Climate Change, which issued a report on oil exploration in spring 2011.

Gallup survey: In U.S., 53% worry about having enough money in retirement

Gallup survey shows those closest to retirement worry less about having enough than workers in 30-49 age group. Most project retirement age at 66.

Chernobyl photographer finds beauty amid devastation

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 26, 1986, the dead zone is open to visitors, and an artist's photographs invite a closer look.

Fukushima health effects studied, 25 years after Chernobyl

The sad lessons learned from Fukushima should allow more accurate estimates of the aftermath of nuclear power plant accidents in the past and present.

Gut types: Which of the three are you?

Researchers have classified people into categories of bacterial ecosystems. Yes, you read that right. You're an ecosystem. One of three gut types possible.

Dietary supplements can give you the illusion of health invulnerability

A new study confirmed that taking dietary supplements increases the frequency of health-risk behaviors such as exercising less and eating poorly.

Earth in the year of 7 billion humans with Andrew Revkin

Revkin said about the population on Earth, "A new way of thinking is required. The old messages of 'woe is me' and 'shame on you' are so 20th century."

Wim Thomas on energy supply and demand

From Wim Thomas: Energy demand is growing, as emerging economies demand their share. How might global energy supply and demand come to balance in the future?

Pollen season longer now associated with a warming climate

A new scientific study documents how the ragweed pollen season has increased by as much as 13 to 27 days in northern latitudes since 1995.