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Which is scarier: The San Andreas trailer or Seattle’s future earthquake?
If you enjoy abject fear, you could just come to Seattle and stand near the Alaskan Way Viaduct every day, waiting to die.
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Jane Goodall, Barbie, and a comedian after contraception: It’s Woman Crush Wednesday
Our weekly roundup of badass women in the news also includes an activist who's finally making hospital food tasty and locally sourced.
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What farm cooperatives can do for the food system — and farmers
Cooperatives aren't a panacea, but they could get regionally sourced pancetta to a supermarket near you.
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Flying a solar plane across the Pacific is about as easy as it sounds
Inside the Solar Impulse 2, a 5,000-pound plane powered by nothing but sunshine.
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The smog that texted me
A new Sierra Club service will message you when the air gets really bad in your area.
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In Germany, elderly bike messengers will deliver your local veggies
It's the Germans' answer to Amazon drones, and it's way, way better.
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Just like you, NASA wants to send your kids to Mars — but for different reasons
Watch the Human to Mars summit livestream this week, and see how NASA plans to get our asses to Mars.
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New EPA carbon rules would save thousands of lives, science says
The Obama administration's proposed rules for power plants could save nearly 5,000 lives a year in the U.S. alone.
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Seattle’s mayor gums up Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
The oil giant wants to park its Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle's port, but the city is throwing up roadblocks.
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Could wildfires undermine California’s grand climate goals?
California has the most ambitious climate plan in the nation, but if it loses too many trees to fire, it will have a hard time meeting its targets.
