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Don’t have a cow: Lab-grown meat inches closer to your plate
Food writers recently got a taste of a $332,000 beef-free burger. Is this the future of meat or just a sideshow?
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Precious cargo: These bikes carry just about anything — pianos included
A suitcase, a kid, your grandmother -- these are all things that can be carted around with a cargo bike. Here are the pictures to prove it.
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When your parking grows up: What curb spaces can become
On-street parking takes up a lot of room in our cities. Parking reforms can change that -- but what will we do with all the extra space?
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Offshore fracking in California: What could go wrong?
Operators have been fracking off the coast of California since the late '90s, unbeknownst to state regulators and with little federal oversight.
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Global warming leads to darker ice leads to more global warming
As ice thins, the Arctic gets less reflective -- and that's bad news.
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Rich people’s bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
Rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach.
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Keystone study contractor under scrutiny by State Dept. watchdog
Does the consulting firm studying the environmental impacts of Keystone XL have a conflict of interest? State's Inspector General is looking into the question.
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Genetically modified seed research: What’s locked and what isn’t
When corporations patent genetically engineered seeds, how tightly do they tie the hands of scientists trying to test their safety?
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Now there are CSAs for art
Members invest an initial sum and receive whatever the artists are able to produce based on that investment.
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An American in Denmark: Close encounters with European bicycle culture
In Copenhagen, bikes are as common as vacuum cleaners -- and the people who ride them are bloody amazing.
