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Goodbye for now

Starting Labor Day, I'll be taking a year off from Grist, blogging, tweeting, and the entire internet. Here's why.

David Roberts Culture

How to make medicinal wine out of children’s poo

Usually we’re all for reusing waste, but this might be beyond even our limit.

Sarah Laskow Culture

If you’re a mathematician, ocean vortices and black holes look exactly the same

Any garbage, oil, or water that goes into the vortex is trapped there.

Sarah Laskow Culture

Environmental Justice Activists Look to Close Big Polluter’s Loopholes

A loophole is a polluter’s best friend — and today, community activists from fenceline communities traveled to Washington, D.C., to try and close one of them. These concerned citizens were in Washington to talk to the Obama administration about updates to the so-called “startup, shutdown, malfunction” rule for industrial facilities, including coal plants and refineries. […]

Heather M Uncategorized

Climate scientists are 95 percent sure that humans are causing global warming

Leaked drafts of the forthcoming fifth IPCC climate report reveal that scientists are more sure than ever before that we're screwing up the climate.

Lisa Hymas Climate & Energy

Animals in pants are officially a trend

What's next? Spats for chickens? Pigs in top hats?

Jess Zimmerman Food

NIH budget cuts force professor to euthanize his genetically modified rabbits

Sit tight -- this story's depressingness level is slightly reduced by a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference!

Holly Richmond Culture

Climate change is making your apples taste different

You can add “Back in my day, apples were actually crisp and tart” to your tales of walking uphill both ways barefoot in a snowstorm.

Holly Richmond Culture

Is extremism in defense of GM food a vice?

Researchers who find problems with genetically modified foods deserve careful scrutiny. Instead, too often, they get pilloried or purged.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Ask Umbra: Can I keep bugs at bay without a spray?

A reader wonders about newfangled mosquito-repelling stickers and bracelets. Umbra does more than scratch the surface.

Ask Umbra® Culture

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