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Why millennials aren’t going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
First it was cars, now kids these days are shunning breakfast cereal, too.
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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.
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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.
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6 reasons Groot is your new favorite superhero
Here's a tree even non-hippies would love to hug -- and he kicks ass, too.
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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.
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Why New Hampshire is doing eggs right
How Patridge Farm is building a better food system.
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Stop pretending that liberals are just as anti-science as conservatives
No, GMOs and vaccines are not the liberal equivalent of climate denial.
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What can small cities do to fight climate change?
Sticks aren't easy to implement, so carrots usually win the day. Here are some interesting carrots from Eugene, Ore., and Aspen, Colo.
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Hacker houses offer shared living for the young, green, and tech-obsessed
Forget the commune: Across the country, new kinds of co-living spaces are trying to disrupt economies and transform city life.
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Climate change denial could hurt Scott Brown in New Hampshire
In trying to win over the state's conservatives, this carpetbagger may have made a wrong move.