Articles by Sarah Laskow
Sarah Laskow is a reporter based in New York City who covers environment, energy, and sustainability issues, among other things.
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Living in a city turns people into geniuses
But there's a catch. You need public transportation for all this to work. Good public transportation.
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Solar-paneled headphones keep your phone from constantly dying
The solar panel's built into the headband part of the headphones, and there are batteries to store the power in the ear cups.
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Hundreds of unwanted backyard chickens are ending up at animal shelters
All future articles on the joys of backyard chickening should include a PSA explaining to enthusiasts just how long chickens lay eggs and, by contrast, just how long they live.
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This cool graph of Instagrams shows the moment NYC blacked out during Sandy
As the storm gets serious, you can see a dark wedge that continues through time to 10:23 p.m. And at 10:23 there’s a sharp line -- that’s a power outage.