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KALE COULD KILL YOU(r faulty reading of scientific studies)
Did you know that kale contains sulfur?
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Buying Local Solar Makes Florida City a World Leader
“It’s the only time I’ve done a rate increase when nobody was opposed,” says Ed Regan of the Gainesville utility’s feed-in tariff for solar power. The program, launched in 2009, has resulted in nearly 15 megawatts of new, local solar energy generation on or near buildings in the northeast Florida town, enough to make it […]
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Watch two guys free a wolf who was caught in barbed wire
Most people don't want to go anywhere near wolves.
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Brace yourself for KFC’s deep-fried soup
We're not sure what fried utensil to use -- fried fork or fried spoon?
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Sea otters, who already had us at hello, will now help clean up the ocean
Sea otters returning to California estuaries are countering our nitrogen runoff, restoring sea grass ecosystems, and boosting marine cuteness by 400 percent. Squee!
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7 more national parks threatened by fire
Yosemite isn't the only park facing a growing risk of wildfires.
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Ask Umbra: Are GMO sugar beets bad for the birds?
A reader wonders if she's harming hummingbirds. Umbra busts out her binoculars and goes looking for answers.
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Is global warming really slowing down?
Skeptics say global warming is over. They're wrong.
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A gorgeous video of a devastating fire
Photographer Matt Johnson traveled to Colorado in June 2013 and shot time-lapse footage of the West Fork Complex Fires.
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Mind the carbon gap
The difference between a country’s extraction, production and consumption emissions are what we call "carbon gaps." Here's a look at how different countries compare.
