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Ask Umbra: Which cutting board is best, wood or plastic?
A reader asks about superior carving surfaces. Umbra cuts right to the chase.
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Farming without water
As drought becomes increasingly common, more and more farmers will likely look to the ancient art of dry-farming as a solution. (It also makes for really flavorful produce!)
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Investing in the grid: When the going gets tough, the tough get … creative
The U.S. electric grid is fragile, inadequate, and inefficient. Investing in grid modernization would clearly save American consumers tremendous amounts of energy and money. So why aren't we doing more of it?
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Family heirloom: How one seedy businessman became an apostle for the food movement
Follow the evolution of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds' Jere Gettle from seed apostle to food movement leader.
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Farming on the frontlines of climate change
At Cranberry Hill Farm, the Slow Ride Stories guys get a lesson in strawberries, maple syrup, and New England stoicism.
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It’s so hot in Oklahoma that this squirrel melted
The squirrel decided it would be a mistake to drink ice water without first lying around on top of it for a while. Basically, this is a reverse sauna for squirrels.
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Busy mocking the trees, Inhofe misses the forest fire
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) tried to take environmentalists down a peg. It didn't work.
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Obama administration can still protect streams from mountaintop-removal mining, despite setback in D.C. court
Environmental and community advocates got some jarring news Tuesday when a federal judge rejected EPA’s “guidance” on surface mine permitting in Appalachia — the centerpiece of its three-year effort to curtail the environmental damage caused by mountaintop-removal coal mining. While it was unwelcome news, it was not as devastating as portrayed in the initial round of […]
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2-year-old girl’s bionic arms are the world’s best use of 3D printing
Emma has a congenital disorder that means she doesn't have the muscle strength to lift her arms by herself. But hey, no big deal -- this 3D-printed robot exoskeleton can do it for her.
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Guy once in charge of offshore drilling is worried about offshore drilling
Welcome to the club, champ.
