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The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 25 years ago not only changed the lives of people in Ukraine, it put a radioactive stain on the continent.

Home is where the heart is. It's also probably where a lot of stink bugs are right now, crawling out from cracks and crevices. They were somehow introduced into Allentown, Pa.

Last April, a volcanic eruption in Iceland sent a cloud of ash billowing towards Europe. That ash was potentially hazardous for aircraft, and authorities decided to ground all flights — inconveniencing tens of thousands of travelers — rather than risk an accident.

A few well-placed Botox injections can erase your hard-won character lines.

If you've gone in for surgery, it's likely that your anesthesiologist has told you to count backward from 100 — and that you'll wake up after a nice deep sleep.But that's not exactly true."

Some of the nation's richest and most important ecosystems lie where the ocean meets the land.

Although images of dead birds and blackened marshes in the Gulf of Mexico are gone, many scientists say it's too early to declare a recovery. They suspect there could be hidden damage to the Gulf's marine life and marshes.