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Gut microbes help digest food and synthesize vitamins.
Bacteria Divide People Into 3 Types, Scientists Say
By CARL ZIMMER
Scientists report that the three “enterotypes” may have discrete effects on people’s health.
Wildlife at Risk Face Long Line at U.S. Agency
By TODD WOODY
The Fish and Wildlife Service is struggling with an avalanche of petitions and lawsuits over the endangered species list.
Gas Well Spews Polluted Water
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The spill occurred at a well in northern Pennsylvania that was being opened in a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
SCIENTIST AT WORK BLOG
Returning to Carbon
By ALYSON SANTORO
Scientists use sediment traps to measure the movement of carbon through the ocean.
GREEN BLOG
Many Mediterranean Fish Species Threatened With Extinction, Report Says
By DAVID JOLLY
More than 40 species of fish are threatened or face extinction from overfishing, pollution or degradation of their habitat, according to a report from a global conservation group.
Solar on the Water
By TODD WOODY
The potential of floating solar farms is enticing for some farmers, municipalities and companies that see their ponds and reservoirs doing double duty.
Poor Season for Sunshine Is Great One for Spores
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
The moss has been busy this year, and so has a gardening hot line, which fields inquiries as to how to get rid of the abundant plant.
Gas Drillers Asked to Change Method of Waste Disposal
By ROBBIE BROWN
Pennsylvania regulators want the natural gas industry to stop sending waste from hydrofracking to plants not equipped to remove some contaminants.
U.S. Engineers Cite Lengthy Cleanup in Japan
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Veterans of the Three Mile Island cleanup said that a much larger task faced the Japanese engineers who are trying contain and secure the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors.
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