Category : science

science / science - 5 years ago

Companies Take On the Next Environmental Threats

My Bloomberg colleague Christopher Flavelle examined how some of the U.K.-based nonprofit’s respondents view the effects — and the opportunities it might bring — of climate change on their businesses in a deep dive last month. This week, I’m looking...

science / science - 5 years ago

US thaws from Arctic deep freeze as death toll climbs

A brutal cold spell that paralyzed the US Midwest, freezing water mains, causing power outages and canceling flights, eased on Friday, with forecasts predicting a rapid thaw. The two days of intense cold from the so-called polar vortex that descende...

science / science - 5 years ago

Teen e-cigarette use linked to eventual smoking

Overall, adolescents who used e-cigarettes before trying any other tobacco products were more than four times as likely to be smoking traditional cigarettes within a couple of years compared to those who had never tried any type of vaping device or n...