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Do I have to hang up my gardening tools during the drought?

A reader wonders if her green thumb has to go for the sake of saving water. Umbra says she can grow her kale and eat it, too.

Ask Umbra® Culture

Those Detroit water shutoffs? Blame ’em on botched bookkeeping

Documents in a new suit show that Detroit's water utility forgot to charge $115 million in sewage fees -- then hit residents with surprise catch-up bills.

Heather Smith Technology

This green Tea Party star is fighting for solar

Debbie Dooley is no tree-hugger -- but she is the founder of the "Green Tea Coalition," a conservative group pushing solar all over the states.

Kari Lydersen Technology

Why the Kashmir floods have been so deadly

The disaster highlights the cost of careless urban planning and environmental mismanagement.

Tanvi Misra Cities

Why millennials aren’t going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

First it was cars, now kids these days are shunning breakfast cereal, too.

Liz Core Culture

Americans are eating better — well, some Americans

If you're wealthy, your diet has improved in the past 15 years -- but if you're not, it's gotten worse.

Eve Andrews Culture

This man wrote hundreds of letters warning politicians not to lie. It worked.

Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explains why fact-checking keeps candidates honest … sometimes.

Chris Mooney Politics

6 reasons Groot is your new favorite superhero

Here's a tree even non-hippies would love to hug -- and he kicks ass, too.

Amelia Urry Culture

Faculty joins students in the call for divestment. We’re going streaking!

Professors lend credibility and campus clout to a movement just beginning to gain momentum.

Sam Bliss Technology

Why New Hampshire is doing eggs right

How Patridge Farm is building a better food system.