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Whooping cough cases on track for 50-year high
The culprit, according to the CDC, isn't a lack of vaccinations -- it's that the vaccinations may be too weak.
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Holy crap, iceberg tsunami!
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to almost get flattened by a collapsing glacier, now you can find out. This boat was right in the line of fire — er, ice — so this video is the next best thing to being there. Actually, it’s the first best thing, because being there looks like […]
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Mapping the government’s local food work as a way to keep it alive
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass is more than just a window into the government's local food work. It's also an effort to ensure that work continues.
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How’s the weather, America? We want to hear from you
This summer, we're getting a sneak peek at what the new climate normal could look like. If you have photos of this year's crazy weather, we’d love to see them.
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A tragicomic tale of coal industry incompetence and disregard
Watch, as the operators of the Reid Gardner coal plant in Nevada are asked about coal ash and reveal astonishing levels of both insensitivity and incompetence.
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Thinking outside the parks: Green space spreads in the Big Apple
When you think of parks in New York City, you probably imagine the big dogs -- Central Park, or Prospect. But the green is seeping through the city, and we’d be wise to take notice.
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GOP tries to block black-lung protections. Big Tobacco would be proud
As always, Big Tobacco leads the way in developing innovative arguments about why their profits are more important than the people they kill.
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A dry run from hell: Drought hits the smallest farms the hardest
This drought will give small Midwestern farmers lots of practice coping with climate change -- if it doesn’t bankrupt them first.
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Here’s what lightning looks like in 3-D
From our vantage point on the ground, lightning usually looks like a forked line from the sky to the ground. But it's way more complicated and cool, as this model of lightning from the D.C. derecho shows.
