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A controversial new research paper in Science magazine says Hurricanes Katrina and Rita helped build new coastal wetlands. The report concludes that big storms -- rather than rivers -- are the main source of new material for the marshlands that help protect the coast.

KPBS Investigative Reporter Joanne Faryon traces your beef from the cattle ranches to the feed lots to your dinner plate.

Being healthy (or being unhealthy) is really just a result of the sum of our habits; the more healthy habits we have, the more likely we will benefit by having good health. The good news about habits is that they can be developed or changed, with a little focus and a plan.

Creating ethanol from corn is less energy efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other "woody" plants. And ethanol is just one part of the alternative-energy mix, which also includes wind power and fuel cells, Ira Flatow says in a new book.

Three weeks after Chicago's first-round rejection in the bidding for the 2016 Summer Games, Olympic athletes and sports executives are demanding major change in the U.S. Olympic Committee. At stake, some say, is support for American athletes and the quest to host Olympic Games in the United States.

One in 20 adults in the US complain of disturbing dreams, and more than twice that many children and adolescents also experience frequent nightmares, yet few chronic nightmare sufferers imagine that it is a treatable problem. We'll talk about nightmares with leading sleep disorder specialist Dr. Barry Krakow.

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has a long record of environmentally-motivated legislation during his political tenure. He tells us why climate change policy is so important to him, how West Coast states

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy for good reason - it's the 400 anniversary of the telescope. We'll talk about the history of the telescope and its impact on astronomy, as well as modern attempts to understand the universe.

A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly. The expert panel estimates it would cost about $3 billion a year beyond NASA's current $18 billion annual budget.

Is life toxic? Award-winning paleontologist Peter Ward thinks it is and has put forth a provocative theory about the unhealthy relationship between humans and other life forms and the planet in his new book The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?