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Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love — and people who had just been dumped.

A soil scientist talks about the importance of fertile soil to the planet’s environmental health and the problems caused by soil mismanagement.

With rising food costs and a salmonella outbreak sickening over 1,000 people this summer, more Americans seem to be turning to their own backyards for produce.

Often referred to as “the rain forests of the ocean,” coral reefs provide food and shelter to a variety of the ocean’s habitants. Now researchers have found that a third of the world’s reef-building coral species are vulnerable to extinction.

Today’s state-of-the-art earthquake warning systems give only a few seconds’ warning before disaster strikes. Now, a team of researchers reports that they may have some encouraging results in developing an earthquake warning system that could warn people hours in advance.