The first of five large dam projects under consideration has been approved, despite environmental and social costs.

Biostatistician Jeffrey Morris says effective dialogue requires an awareness of how politics shape a person's beliefs.

More than three years have passed since federal health officials arrived in central Appalachia to assess an alarming outbreak ...

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