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Domesticated honeybees are giving bumblebees their dirty diseases

What happens when many, many bees visit the same flower?

Sarah Laskow Culture

This Utah lawmaker might be the most delusional climate skeptic ever

"Back in the dinosaur times, we had about 600 ppm and things grew pretty well back then," Rep. Jerry Anderson says. We didn't realize he was that old.

Holly Richmond Climate & Energy

New Hot Pockets flavor: Diseased animal meat!

Well, there’s no WAY we’ll stuff them in our pants to keep warm now.

Holly Richmond Food

Ask Umbra: Can I feed feral pigs to Fido? Should I?

If invasive species like wild boar are running amok, why not turn them into pet food? Umbra cuts through the mystery meat for an answer.

Ask Umbra® Culture

Can farmed fish go vegetarian?

Most farmed fish are fed pellets made of smaller fish -- not a great idea if you want to protect ocean ecosystems. So researchers are trying out alternative diets.

John Upton Technology

These are dark days for the Arctic — literally

As ice and snow melt, the surface of the Arctic is getting darker, and that's causing it to absorb more heat. A new study finds this problem is worse than expected.

John Upton Climate & Energy

This amazing washing machine uses virtually no water

Instead of water, this washer uses more than a million tiny plastic beads that absorb dirt and stains.

Holly Richmond Culture

Steyer may spend $100 million to push climate cause in midterms, but polluters will spend more

Billionaire climate hawk Tom Steyer plans to put big bucks into this year's elections. So do the Koch brothers and their Republican allies.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

Obama to trucking industry: “No more rampant gas consumption for you!”

The president continues to push past Congress and take action against climate change, this time with new fuel-efficiency standards for large trucks.

Eve Andrews Technology

Lady Gaga will be making a water conservation PSA as penance for swimming pool video shoot

The Gags wanted to fill Hearst Castle's giant pool, which had been emptied because of California's teeny-tiny drought emergency.