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The future of bread comes from a lab — here’s why that’s good
Take a video tour of the Bread Lab and learn how it could reinvent wheat farming.
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Shell’s oil rig is already falling apart — and it hasn’t even left for the Arctic
The Noble Discoverer failed a Coast Guard inspection in Honolulu. So why is it still heading to Seattle?
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Will millennials shop at the new Whole Foods bargain store?
"Whole Paycheck" plans to open a separate chain with cheaper items for the under-35 crowd.
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Blame McDonald’s for James Franco
James Franco: Huge fan of McDonald's, also poverty.
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Would you like some criticism on your GMO-free Chipotle burrito?
When the healthy-fast-food chain announced it was dropping most GMO ingredients, it probably didn't expect a full-on media backlash.
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Yes, plants need vibrators, too
Plants, just like your girlfriend, think vibrators are the bees' knees.
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These satellites are keeping an eye on California’s underground water
To the list of benefits satellites offer us, we can now add "monitoring our disappearing water."
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What are the most eco-friendly nuts?
A reader wonders what to put in his trail mix. Umbra gets nutty.
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Why it matters that left-wingers just won in oil-rich Alberta
The new leader of the province opposes Keystone and takes climate seriously. That’s awkward for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Why the Koch brothers’ war against clean energy is still failing
You may have heard that the Kochs scored a win by rolling back Kansas' renewable power standard, but that's not exactly how things went down.