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Organic milk is better for your heart
New peer-reviewed research finds that organic milk has a near ideal balance of fatty acids, which could help protect you from heart disease. Nonorganic milk, not so much.
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City wants to remove backyard chickens that are helping a boy with autism
Playing with backyard chickens got 3-year-old J.J. Hart smiling again ... but the city council doesn't care.
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Chompey the naughty baby alligator needs a new home
We're sure Chompey would love to snuggle under the covers with you. And then maybe bite off your legs.
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John Podesta, climate hawk and Keystone opponent, joins Obama team
Podesta, an influential D.C. insider with a passion for climate action, is coming to the White House for a one-year stint as an adviser.
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The orchid mantis may be the most beautiful bug we’ve ever seen
Just what it says on the tin: a mantis that looks exactly like an exotic orchid.
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Meet perfluorotributylamine, the world’s worst greenhouse gas
This bad boy is 7,100 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide, and it persists in the atmosphere for more than 500 years.
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Wind energy becoming cheaper than natural gas
In the blustery Midwest, power agreements with new wind farms are being signed for even less than gas plants. Wind is breathing down the necks of coal and nuclear too.
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Thanks to climate change, the world is going to need a lot more firefighters
The U.S. is spending more than ever to fight blazes, and Australia will need to double the number of firefighters it employs to help keep pace with worsening fire seasons.
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There’s something depressing about 3D-printed pizza
Yes, near-instant food in your kitchen is awesome and genie-like. But what about, as they say, the joy of cooking?
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The carbon time bomb in your retirement account
A new financial tool lets Wall Street calculate the climate-change risk of investments.
