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Chipotle’s new tortillas could be huge news for farmers
The fast-food company is teaming up with the Bread Lab to reinvent the mass-produced tortilla.
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Air pollution in China and India may be worse than we realize
Improving air quality in these rapidly growing countries may be necessary just to keep the mortality rate steady -- let alone decrease it.
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Americans are eating more factory-farmed meat than ever
Sorry, foodies: The food movement isn't working.
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Poll shows Americans are starting to worry about climate change again
After a decade of worrying about other things, the number of Americans concerned about global warming is beginning to creep up again.
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We’re using groundwater at a terrifying rate, and it’s not just California
Aquifers around the world are being depleted at an alarming rate, according to NASA.
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Why cities should stop trying to be the next Brooklyn
Urban communities aspiring to Brooklyn's popularity should focus on taking care of their current residents -- rather than trading them in for a hipper crowd.
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The great 2016 Hyperloop race is on (but only if this loopy contraption works)
Friction-free pods carrying you from SF to LA at supersonic speed? Elon Musk's wacky vision moves one step closer to reality.
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How to fix America’s beef problems, in under 2 minutes
Watch author and activist Denis Hayes give an elevator pitch for his new book "Cowed" -- in an actual elevator.
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Meet the distractingly sexy women of science who just won the internet
Some are shoulder-deep in cow rectums, and we're crushin' on 'em!
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This power plant slurps up water for Arizona — and burns 15 tons of coal a minute
Navajo Generating Station consumes 22,000 tons of coal and emits 44,000 tons of carbon each day, in large part to deliver Arizona’s water.
