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Scientists now suspect that a major cause of dementia could be the air we breathe.

Aaron Reuben Culture

As the state's drought grinds into a bone-dry summer, California is adjusting its rules. Now people have to make the new rules work.

Heather Smith Politics

Parisian cabbies are allegedly protesting Uber by blocking roads, but we know what they're REALLY doing.

Eve Andrews Technology

China's latest disgusting food scandal gives a whole new meaning to the term "dry-aged beef."

Grist staff Culture

Fish escaping from aquaculture pens is a really big problem, with a really great name: Fishbreaks!

Suzanne Jacobs Technology

The former Maryland governor is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination on an audaciously ambitious environmental platform.

Ben Adler Politics

Flowers are losing species diversity as winters get warmer and drier, according to a new study.

Amelia Urry Climate & Energy

Maybe government can actually act, sometimes. And maybe common sense could become a driving force in our national decision-making.

Nathanael Johnson Politics

There are so many possible explanations for why honeybee populations have been in decline. Here they all are, carefully evaluated.

Nathanael Johnson Technology

A reader asks for alternatives to plasticky, over-packaged dental floss. Umbra sinks her teeth into some answers.

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