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Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study. 

The spacecraft flies directly above the monster storm Monday night, passing 5,600 miles above the cloud tops — which is close by space standards.  

As lawmakers debate marijuana taxes, public health advocates say the state also needs to consider higher taxes on alcohol.  

Kids from poorer families benefited more, partially because they tend to have fewer reading resources during the summer months. 

After four years of searching, the Kepler telescope has detected 49 planets in the Goldilocks zone. 

One in three people now experience 20 days a year when the heat reaches deadly levels.