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North Dakota’s oil boom strains healthcare system
Oil drilling is one of the nation's most dangerous industries, and it attracts uninsured laborers who too often can't pay their hospital bills.
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This street artist turns urban infrastructure into miniature apartment buildings
These days, even elves are moving into high-rises.
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This 15-year-old helped convince PepsiCo to stop putting a flame-retardant chemical in Gatorade
The teen started a petition asking PepsiCo to stop using brominated vegetable oil. And, on Friday, PepsiCo announced that it would be dropping the stuff.
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Apple CEO wonders who would want to work for an oil company
It's the future vs. the past: Apple is neck-and-neck with Exxon in a race to be the most profitable company in the world.
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Convertible heels let you handle all fashion situations with just one pair of shoes
A Canadian woman has invented a shoe with snap-on, interchangeable heels. It's a small step towards less stuff, less trash. And they're cute.
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Ask Umbra: Is it OK to eat kangaroo?
A reader wonders if she’ll roo the day she became a kangatarian. Umbra says it’s best not to jump to conclusions.
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How climate change could wipe out Western forests
Thanks to climate change, wildfire season is getting longer and more severe. In the Southwest, forests are on course to disappear altogether.
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Office space: Why work alone when you can cowork together?
A young freelancer gives up writing in her pajamas to work in a shared office with a bunch of strangers.
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Laws banning ‘dooring’ of bicyclists mean well but don’t do much
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill making it illegal to recklessly fling a car door open into traffic. But do such laws make any difference?
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5 tips for handling climate skeptics in 2013
While the New Year brings with it a sense of optimism, for those of us in the climate change business it means another year competing against any schnook with money and a billboard to address the American people (see the Heartland Institute). When it comes to the climate debate, those who invoke socialism and scientific […]
