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Will climate change make men extinct?
Probably not -- but a Japanese study DID find links between increasing temperature extremes and a declining proportion of male newborns.
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Hello humans, I’d like to tell you about plant blood
Scientists are now producing "blood" from plants and using it to liven up veggie burgers. A member of one deeply affected community weighs in.
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Here’s why narrower streets are safer
Turns out that wider lanes only encourage people to drive faster, with deadly results.
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This killer app will change the way we eat forever
In startup-land, Carrot is all the rage. To understand why, you'll have to learn what "organoleptic" means.
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McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Twitter are selling the green lifestyle on Collectively. Should you buy it?
For the perpetual cynic (hi!), Collectively could be seen as a very glossy marketing tool for corporate greenwashing.
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Hey, Paul Krugman: Here’s the real argument about climate change and economic growth
The New York Times columnist says we can keep our economy growing even while we cut CO2 emissions. But is that true if we cut emissions as dramatically as we need to?
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If America cared about the planet as much as the NFL, this is what it would look like
What if people showed the same passion toward environmentalism as they did sports? That's the premise of this hilarious new video.
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The divestment movement is gaining steam. What can it achieve?
Dropping shares in fossil fuel companies might not make a huge difference on its own, but it can help lay the groundwork for other types of climate progress.
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California officials care about saving water, except when it comes to their begonias
California’s top water bigwigs are good at bending their own rules.
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How many Nobel Prize-winning physicists did it take to invent the LED lightbulb?
If you guessed three, you're right. Ol' Alfred Nobel would be proud.
