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The “secret science committee” behind the pope’s encyclical
The Pontifical Academy is the "400-year-old collective ... that operates as the pope’s eyes and ears on the natural world."
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Michigan just did something amazing for good food access
A new service will offer loans to businesses to boost low-income communities' access to fresh, healthy food.
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What would the planet look like without lichen?
Lichens are "exquisitely" threatened by climate change, and could go extinct within a century.
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We picked 10 badass candidates for the new $10 bill
Because the U.S. Treasury decided that it would be "some lady ... !"
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One benefit to California’s drought: Cleaner beaches
Water quality along Los Angeles County's coast has improved due to less runoff.
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This grocery store wants to sell ugly veggies
In a beautiful victory in the fight against food waste, Raley's will now sell ugly vegetables.
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This electric scooter comes with swappable batteries
Eat your heart out, Elon Musk.
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Why are we building a research center full of deadly diseases in the tornado capital of the world?
The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is being moved from a remote corner of Long Island to Kansas, right in the middle of Tornado Alley. What could go wrong?
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The pope’s climate change encyclical, in tweets
The pontiff is tweeting up a storm about his new climate change encyclical.
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Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si” encyclical expresses moral obligation to fight climate change
The letter says in strong words that human activity and production of greenhouse gases are to blame.
