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Because every disaster needs its ridiculous problem, let’s talk about these people who gained five pounds after Sandy
Sandy was a monster. It leveled neighborhoods. People lost lives and homes. Some residents, however, have a complaint of a less grave nature.
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Elephants have a special word for ‘oh no, BEEEEEEEES!’
Despite what Disney might have told you, elephants aren’t particularly afraid of mice. They are not, however, fond of ants. And bees give them the creeps — so much so that when they hear the sound of bees buzzing they squeak the elephant version of “Eeek! A BEE!” and send everyone around them running. Back […]
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Newfangled Google Mars is extremely rad
Mars always looked pretty good on Google Mars. But now thanks to fancy new camera action, it looks a lot better, and in more detail.
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Comparing notes: New website lets student farmers connect, share resources
With the launch of Campus Farmers, students growing food at schools across the country have a way to support and encourage each other.
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Sustainable food advocates should celebrate National Scrapple Day
If you're already thinking "eeeeeewwwwww," stop. Scrapple is a great, old-school example of nose-to-tail cooking.
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Climate science is Nate Silver and U.S. politics is Karl Rove
Republicans disregarded Nate Silver and other empiricists, and lost badly. Almost everyone is ignoring the empirical data of climate scientists -- and our losses could be catastrophic.
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Climate and Hurricane Sandy: What’s in a name?
Plumbing the storm's names and nicknames leads to some useful takeaways for communicating about climate change.
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Tree-sits: Transcendent protest glory or just bottles of pee?
Tree-sitting protests are becoming more common. They're not just about buckets of human excrement -- they can also be effective.
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Climate change made Sandy worse. Period.
One symptom of climate change -- rising sea levels -- made superstorm Sandy directly and unmistakably worse.
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Does Michigan’s clean-energy loss mean that greens are outgunned at the state level?
Michiganders voted down a requirement for 25 percent clean power by 2025. Blame a torrent of dirty-energy spending, which we'll be seeing more of in the future, says David Roberts.
