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River full of dead, diseased pigs is just another food safety nightmare for China
Are 5,916 diseased pigs enough to get China to rethink its food safety system? Probably not.
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Help Henry Waxman write a new carbon-tax bill
The Democratic rep is seeking public feedback as he designs a new climate bill. Herein I offer my two cents.
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Perfect swarm: Giant mosquitos invade Florida
Warmer winters and more storms could mean giant mosquitoes are in the Sunshine State to stay.
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This sobering map shows you all of America’s food deserts
The USDA's Food Access Research Atlas shows where it's hard to access fresh food, as well as what percentage of residents can't walk to a supermarket. In a lot of places, it’s a lot of people.
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Here’s what a volcanic eruption looks like from space
Images of a volcano taken from the International Space Station are useful to geologists because they detail the early stages of eruption, and useful to the rest of us because they are awesome.
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Poisons Appalachia’s Waterways
I remember the first time I saw a mountaintop-removal coal mining site – Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. Those images have never left my mind – a barren landscape where there was once lush forest. And right around the destroyed site, homes where people were trying to live despite having the world blown up […]
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Miami’s public transit is so bad, advocates have been reduced to building fake train stations
For a brief time last week, students from a local university had a whole new train station up and running -- a stop on the Purple Line, with vendors, music, crowds, and imaginary trains running into the station on a regular basis.
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Australia’s latest invasive species concern is a giant snail that will eat your house
Last time giant African snails showed up in Australia, they ate crops and house siding and took eight months to eradicate. One just showed up in a shipping container in Brisbane. Dun-duh-DUNNNNNNH.
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Flammable ice will help power the planet, then make it even hotter
Methane hydrates under the deep-sea floor are a huge potential source of energy -- and CO2 emissions. Japan has just figured out how to tap them.
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The prize in this ‘lobster claw’ machine is an actual live lobster
Usually when you play with your food before you eat it, it is already dead and cooked.
