Dan Vergano
Scientists Were Doing A Huge Safety Study About Mountaintop Coal Mining. The Trump Administration Halted It, With No Plans To Start Again.
A study about the dangers of mountaintop coal mining has been suspended by the Trump administration. “It looks like it’s just an attempt to stop it forever,” one expert said.
Dan Vergano
Yes, Elon Musk Was Serious About Sending A Sports Car To Mars
SpaceX chief Elon Musk wants to ship his red Tesla roadster to Mars orbit on the first launch of a new jumbo rocket in January. He seems to be serious.
Dan Vergano
Here’s Why It’s Actually OK To Call Kellyanne Conway The “Opioids Czar”
Kellyanne Conway is leading the White House coordination of federal responses to the opioids crisis. "If it walks like a czar, talks like a czar, quacks like a czar, it's a czar,” one political scientist said.
Dan Vergano
He Took Opioids To Manage His Chronic Pain. When His Doctors Took Them Away, He Didn’t Want To Live Anymore.
In the midst of an opioid epidemic, doctors are caught in a fierce debate over whether to stop medications for patients with chronic pain. Here’s what happened to one man when his painkillers were taken away.
Dan Vergano
Trump's Counselor Kellyanne Conway Is Now Leading His Opioids Strategy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced pollster Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, will lead White House initiatives against the opioid overdose epidemic.
Dan Vergano
The First “Space Kingdom,” Called Asgardia, Is About To Launch Into Orbit
A “space kingdom” called Asgardia, founded by a wealthy Russian-Azerbaijani industrialist, will soon launch its first satellite from the International Space Station. Legal experts say the idea of founding a country on a spaceship is bonkers.
Dan Vergano
48 News Outlets Experimented For Five Years To See What Drives Twitter Politics
A five-year experiment has confirmed with hard-won data what every journalist already knows: The news exerts a massive influence on online conversations.
Dan Vergano
Trump's Pick For Science Chief At USDA Had No Science Experience — But That's Not Why He Withdrew
The Agriculture Department chief scientist nominee, Sam Clovis, has withdrawn his bid for the job due to the Russian election investigation. He also had no scientific qualifications.
Dan Vergano
The NASA Head's Confirmation Hearing Turned Into A Fight Over Climate Change
Jim Bridenstine, Trump’s pick for NASA chief, used to be a climate denier, but took a more mainstream stance during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Dan Vergano
Trump Finally — Finally — Declared A Public Health Emergency Over The Opioid Crisis
Trump had promised to declare a national emergency in August. Overdose deaths have quadrupled from 1991 to 2015.
Dan Vergano
How A US Raid On An Afghan Village Went Wrong
A US Special Forces team fought off Taliban attackers all night in an Afghan village. "We walked into a hornet's nest," said one soldier.
Dan Vergano
Donald Trump Said He Will Declare A Public Emergency Over Opioids
At a Rose Garden news conference, Trump re-upped on declaring a national public health emergency over the US epidemic of opioid drug overdoses.
Dan Vergano
Your Annotated Guide To The Questionable Facts And Figures In Trump's Document Axing The Clean Power Plan
Here’s a look under the fuming hood of EPA’s bid to kill climate regulations on power plants.
Dan Vergano
Fentanyl Is Now The Leading Cause Of US Overdose Deaths
Deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids killed more than 20,000 people in 2016, doubling the previous year's rate, CDC data show.
Dan Vergano
Trump’s EPA Is Gutting Obama’s Rule For Cleaner Power Plants
The head of the EPA said the agency is killing Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Climate and health experts say this will increase health costs from air pollution and do little to limit emissions.
Zahra Hirji
The Trump Administration Is About To Enter The Space Race. Everyone Wants To Know How They’ll Deal With The Billionaires Building Their Own Rockets.
Donald Trump’s first space council meeting happens on Thursday. It may pick a winner in the billionaire-backed race for the moon and Mars.
Dan Vergano
A Single DNA Mutation Might Explain The Mystery Of The Zika Epidemic
A new study is arguing that a single mutation in the Zika virus could be behind the 2016 epidemic of brain damage in infants.
Dan Vergano
Scientists Are Trying To Rescue 1,500 Monkeys In Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's Cayo Santiago, home to 1,500 research monkeys, was hit hard by Hurricane Maria. Scientists are trying help staff wiped out by the storm to resupply the island.
Dan Vergano
Here's Why Mexico City Is Hit So Hard By Earthquakes
“Everyone in the earthquake business knows that Mexico City is built on pudding,” said one expert.
Dan Vergano
Here’s Why Hurricane Irma’s Flooding Predictions Were Off
The surge of high water from Hurricane Irma was surprisingly low in some places, like Tampa Bay, and surprisingly high in others, like Jacksonville. Predicting surge is a tricky new science.
Dan Vergano
