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We've had a hard time convincing businesses to stop throwing out their extra food.

John Light Politics

If you're living off the water-system grid, do you still need to worry about conservation? Umbra dowses for answers.

Ask Umbra® Culture

What this new world will look like, exactly, is impossible to predict, and humans aren’t guaranteed to survive in it.

Lizzie Wade Climate & Energy

Perverse pay incentives reward fossil fuel company CEOs for short-term thinking that puts the whole planet at risk.

Chuck Collins Technology

Making the U.S. look pretty bad in the process.

Suzanne Jacobs Technology

New data from the tech giant and the University of Maryland reveal previously overlooked deforestation in Southeast Asia and West Africa.

Clayton Aldern Technology

They're cheap and everywhere. But the big steel boxes aren't as good a fit for human habitation as all those design competitions suggest.

Heather Smith Culture

Seriously, polar bears -- stop being jerks.

Suzanne Jacobs Science

A new study finds that storms with no historical precedent might become more likely over the coming century.

Andrea Thompson Climate & Energy

It makes a lot of sense for restaurants to donate uneaten food to the poor, yet most throw it out.

John Light Technology

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