Juliet Eilperin on the battle over coal mining in West Virginia. Sarah Kaplan on how scientists plan for a catastrophic asteroid strike. Plus, Caitlin Gibson on the weird psychology behind the baby-on-board sticker.

Juliet Eilperin on the battle over coal mining in West Virginia. Sarah Kaplan on how scientists plan for a catastrophic asteroid strike. Plus, Caitlin Gibson on the weird psychology behind the baby-on-board sticker.

When economic needs meet environmental protections

New guidelines by the Trump administration have paved the way for about half a dozen mines in a habitat occupied by two crayfish species protected under the Endangered Species Act in West Virginia.





Industry officials say it removed a regulatory roadblock after they couldn’t get a clear answer from the Environmental Protection Agency; environmentalists say mine proponents chose to sidestep officials charged with safeguarding the crayfish and violated federal law in the process.





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Making a plan for the end of the world

What would happen if an asteroid were headed toward Earth?





Sarah Kaplan is a science reporter for The Washington Post, and she recently spent time with a group of planetary scientists, engineers and disaster response experts as they played out this scenario.





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‘Baby on Board’

The meaning of the ubiquitous, loved-and-mocked “Baby on Board” stickers.





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