The Environmental Protection Agency is rethinking its stance on using recycled tires on playgrounds, due to new safety and health concerns, according to an AP article found here. Old tires have become popular material to be used in playground building because not only is the material soft enough to help reduce injuries, it is also low ...

For 229 years rats have taken over an island off the coast of Alaska, known as Rat Island. But experts may have finally eradicated the species, restoring harmony to the remote Aleutian island. In 1780 rats landed on Rat Island, as stowaways on a Japanese ship. After the ship sank, the rats swam ashore and have ...

There has been growing concern for quite some time about how to tackle our fuel challenges in a growingly sparse oil and gas climate. And head of company ConocoPhillips, chief executive officer Jim Mulva, is publicly expressing his fears. “We’re very concerned that if we don’t keep the supply up we’re going to see another crisis,” ...