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Researchers find link between drug-resistant bladder infections and poultry antibiotics
This is not the first example of a link between livestock antibiotics and drug-resistance in human infections, but it's a remarkable one.
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Cohousing: The secret to sustainable urban living?
Experiments in cooperative living offer a great model for building sustainable urban communities. But can they work for everyone?
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How easy is it to take public transit to work? Depends on where you live
An assessment of the top 100 metropolitan areas in the country finds that most jobs are accessible by transit – but the workers might not be.
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U.S. Navy on its green initiatives: Damn the torpedoes!
Despite enormous pushback from Capitol Hill, the Navy is moving forward with major efforts to reduce energy consumption.
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Climate Change is Fracking Society
Fracking isn’t only happening in the gas fields. Because of the never before seen and almost impossible to grok (or solve) problem of climate change, fracking is happening all over the environmental movement. Moms are fighting kids. Boards are fighting staff. Nonprofits are fighting each other. Left is fighting right and left. Republicans are getting […]
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USA: No. 1 in air conditioning use — but not for long
Air conditioning consumes an enormous amount of power – and is becoming far more popular internationally.
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Will the farm bill prop up doomed crops in this extreme climate?
If the House Agriculture Committee has its way, the farm bill will continue to subsidize monocrops that don't have a chance in this increasingly inhospitable climate.
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The left’s gone left but the right’s gone nuts: Asymmetrical polarization in action
Political polarization has risen sharply in recent years. But the process hasn't been symmetrical: Republicans have moved farther right than Democrats have left.
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Seriously mindblowing photo of toxic spill damage in Hungary
Photographer Palíndromo Mészáros has a whole series of photographs documenting the aftereffects of a 2010 toxic aluminum spill in Hungary. They’re all pretty staggering, but this one in particular really messed with our heads. This is not a before photo and an after photo stitched together. This is just what this forest looks like now, two […]
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USDA slashes projections for corn production; prices spike
One side product of the nation's drought: big increases in the price of corn.
