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Climate change has an unlikely foe: The humble mushroom
EEM fungi team up with plants to capture carbon in the soil.
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Pesticide in frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan
Perhaps 1,000 people in Japan have been sickened by insecticide-laced foods, and more than 6 million packages of frozen food have been recalled.
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Wind power kept the heaters working in Texas
Foul weather knocked some fossil-fuel power plants offline in Texas, leaving wind energy to save the day.
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White House smacks down climate deniers in new video
Presidential science advisor John Holdren explains that cold weather does not in fact disprove global warming.
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Protesters are super-gluing themselves to fracking sites now
One protester, a British 21-year-old, dressed up like Where's Waldo and glued herself to a gate.
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Rush Limbaugh says liberals invented the polar vortex
That Rush. Always good for a laugh. A sad, annoyed, eye-rolly laugh.
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What I learned from six months of GMO research: None of it matters
Why does anyone care about GMOs? Whoever wins the debate, they're not that important to our future. But they're central to the stories we tell.
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Ask Umbra: Which milk alternative is the lightest on the land?
A reader is udderly flummoxed by the range of options in the non-dairy aisle. Umbra goes nuts.
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Why is Chris Christie silent on climate change, even as New Jersey is threatened by rising seas?
One environmentalist charges that the state has muzzled employees from talking about climate in relation to Superstorm Sandy. The Christie administration denies the charge.
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Looney tuna: Did anyone really pay $2 million for a fish?
The first bluefin tuna sold at Tsukiji fish market didn't command millions this year (if it ever did). That's good news for endangered sushi.
