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Your family feud is more likely to be about global warming than guns or abortion

Does life start when a sperm high-fives an egg, or do they have to make out? Who cares? Climate change is WAY more fun to argue about!

Holly Richmond Culture

How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool

That old saying that "black people don't swim"? It's both true and undeserved -- just like the notion that we don't like the outdoors.

Brentin Mock Culture

Beetles and climate change helped create this huge wildfire in Alaska

A megafire broke out this week along Alaska's southern coast, which could be a sign of what's to come for the warming state.

Eric Holthaus Climate & Energy

Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action

In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

Hungry goats might be saving the Bay Area from wildfires

These hoofed heroes like to graze on dry brush, which, if left unconsumed, could contribute to the spread of fires. Unfortunately, the goats are in short supply.

Eve Andrews Culture

Chef Dan Barber on the farm-to-table movement’s next steps

The Blue Hill chef talks his new book, why tomatoes are the Hummers of the veggie world, and how soil is constantly talking to us.

Marian Bull Food

Climate CoLab thinks you could be the one to fix global warming

In the absence of leaders paving the way forward against climate change, this group thinks we should turn to the crowds.

Samantha Larson Culture

Michelle Obama’s food fight with GOP: Schools just want to have funds

Politicians fighting over funding for school lunches are lurching toward loosening rules when they should really get serious about boosting funding.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Mentoring girls through cycling will melt your dry, crusty heart

Not to get all Oprah, but cycling can help girls deal with stress, learn to challenge themselves, and see their bodies as powerful, not ornamental.

Holly Richmond Culture

Koch brothers get rolling on their first tar-sands project

What, did you think that the Kochs were going to turn their massive tar-sands holdings into a nature preserve?

Eve Andrews Technology

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