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A reader wonders about copper pipes vs. PEX. Umbra plumbs the options.

Ask Umbra® Technology

Being obsessed with stuff is eating your money, relationships, and soul, according to psychologist Tim Kasser.

Liz Core Technology

For a somewhat safe climate, 82 percent of world coal reserves and every drop of Arctic oil must not be burned.

Sam Bliss Politics

Why not vote? An anarchist gives his reasons.

Katie Herzog Politics

The newly weakened Senate Democratic caucus is trying to muster all the opposition it can to the impending vote on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Kate Sheppard Politics

A new study finds that New York neighborhoods with lousy access to public transit are black holes for employment.

Eve Andrews Culture

This study examined 77 minor quakes near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.

John Light Technology

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she's serious about confronting climate change, but then why did she appoint denier Aldo Rebelo?

John Light Politics

Watch Brooklyn band Woods perform an exclusive, intimate rendition of their song "It Ain't Easy," at Pickathon 2014.

Grist staff Culture

You thought fuel cell vehicles were dead? So did we.

Sam Bliss Technology

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