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The men of Tinder have some pretty wild thoughts about women and climate change
How does one deal with the cognitive dissonance of being on a business trip in a place whose pop culture reputation revolves around lust and debauchery?
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Skip the Shark Week mockumentaries and watch real sharks on these live cams instead
Since the Discovery Channel is just making stuff up, we've put together a list of the best real-life shark cams. Call it The People's Shark Week.
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Want to step up your pesto game? Prepare to get down and dirty (with nature)
The best part about this pesto? The ingredients are mostly in your backyard.
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Thanks to drought, panning for gold is gaining popularity in California
There's a new mini Gold Rush as rivers are drying up and prospectors are moving in.
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This woman has spent almost a year underwater. Here’s why she’s your new hero
Star scientist Sylvia Earle dives deep in a splashy new Netflix doc about oceans.
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Your iPhone is about to get (a little) less toxic
The next step in a green direction: Apple will prohibit the use of benzene and n-hexane in final assembly of iPhones and iPads.
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Texas messes with Texas, pits landowners against pipeline-builders
Texas loves Big Oil, and the state has let companies run pipelines pretty much anywhere. But Texas also loves property holders, and some of them are unhappy.
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When it comes to roads and rail, we force government to lie to us
California's high-speed rail is only the latest public megaproject to be stuck in the overpromise-overspend cycle -- because we make it hard for officials to be honest.
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Are women our best hope for fighting climate change?
They're definitely the ones who will be most screwed by it.
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Ask Umbra: Is “canned air” bad for the planet?
A reader threatens to use an air duster to clean her office. "Drop the spray can and step away from the computer," says Umbra. "We don't want anyone to get hurt."
