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Dolphin escapes captivity and reunites with her family
Sampal the dolphin was caught illegally and sold to an aquarium, but after a daring escape she's running free. It's basically Black Beauty but with dolphins.
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The future is a desert, but we can make it bloom
If we want to keep growing food in a changing climate, there's a lot we can learn from desert farmers.
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Palm oil: Bad for workers as well as orangutans
The environmental sins of the palm oil industry are well known, but its egregious human-rights abuses have been overlooked -- until now.
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You can make incredible vegan and gluten-free baked goods from algae
The proof is in the vegan brioche bread pudding.
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This hot sauce has double the FDA’s limit for lead
Four hot sauce brands have scary levels of lead in them, so stop putting them in your mouth and start painting your unfinished basement with them.
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Arctic methane escape could cost $60 trillion
The melting Arctic will unleash a massive amount of methane, causing financial damages nearly equivalent to a year's worth of worldwide economic activity.
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Your daily WTF: “Organic water”
Koa Organic Water contains real fruit juice ... but it tastes like water. That'll be $4 for the stupidity tax, please.
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Your car’s bedroom is bigger than yours
Mandatory off-street parking quotas for apartment buildings eat up a lot of space. Here's how much parking is required in your city.
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Real food: Not just for fancy people
Recent caricatures of food writers like Michael Pollan paint them as fickle fashionistas. But the food movement is far deeper than that.