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The War on Truth: Which side is Harvard on?
originally posted at Grip College students across the country are calling on their schools’ endowments to divest from fossil fuels. The campaign is taking off. But Harvard University President Drew Faust has rejected the idea, without responding to student requests for a public forum on the issue. In doing so, she turned her back on […]
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Sardines have nearly disappeared off West Coast
When Canadian fishermen headed out for their annual sardine hunt in the Pacific Ocean earlier this fall, they got a rude surprise. Their nets came up empty.
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Carbon-sucking golf balls and other crazy climate patents
An afternoon searching recent U.S. patents pulls up some curious climate solutions.
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Solar panels get more efficient when they listen to pop music
Rock and pop music boost zinc oxide solar panel efficiency by 50 percent. Quit trying for technological innovations and crank up the HAIM!
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Obama admin keeps trying to help coal industry, coal industry keeps whining
The Department of Energy is doling out $84 million to help develop carbon-capture technology, which will be needed to realize the "clean coal" dream.
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Stephen Colbert loves this Toys “R” Us ad, because nature sucks
"Nature is boring. I played in it once. There was nothing to buy. It sucked."
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Memos highlight Big Food’s GMO-labeling stonewall strategy
"This bill is flawed" and "maybe next year" are just another way of saying "Nope. No way. Never."
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We all start out as scientists, but then some of us forget
Psychologist Alison Gopnik explains why babies are so much better than adults at learning new things.
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Frozen produce is more nutritious than fresh, says oddly convincing video
Asap Science argues that frozen fruits and veggies are picked while they're at their nutritional peak, rather than the days-old stuff sitting in the produce aisle that flew halfway around the world.
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Sierra Club’s New Jersey boss works to insure human/dolphin football games remain hypothetical
Prepping a state for climate change means tangling with some new dilemmas, as shorelines move inland and laws lag behind.
