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Now you can listen to the world’s largest collection of whale sounds
This archive of whale and dolphin recordings is basically "Humpback for Beginners," we assume.
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Are your reusable grocery bags making you fat?
A Harvard Business School study found a trend: Shoppers with reusable bags were more likely to buy treats for themselves.
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Hello, state lawmakers: Want to ignore climate change? Prepare to lose FEMA funding
New FEMA guidelines could push states to consider how climate change will affect their communities in order to gain access to funding.
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New U.S.-Canada bridge will carve through one of Detroit’s loneliest neighborhoods
Delray residents, already hit hard by one urban freeway, wonder if they'll get anything in return this time.
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USDA kicks in $31 million to help poor people eat better
New grants support community programs that give food stamp recipients more bang for their fruit and vegetable bucks.
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Climate warning labels could be coming to a gas pump near you
San Francisco and Berkeley want to apply the tobacco-labeling approach to fuel.
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Shell inches closer to spilling oil all over the Arctic
The Obama administration has given Shell another OK for its plans to drill again off the coast of Alaska, even though spills are expected.
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A bishop, a sex-ed trailblazer, and the Notorious RBG herself: It’s Woman Crush Wednesday
This week, our roundup of badass women in the news also includes an Afrofuturist hip-hop duo and fearless South Korean seafood divers.
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10 crazy things Republicans said that are not April Fools’ jokes
Unfortunately, GOP politicians actually believe this stuff.
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Here are the other tar-sands pipelines Canada is trying to build
Keystone XL is far from the only game in town.