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Adapting to climate change: Necessary but difficult and expensive
There's no longer any question of preventing climate change. If we're smart, we can adapt enough to avoid too much suffering -- but it won't be easy.
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Heritage wheat could let gluten-sensitive people eat bread again
One of my greatest fears in life is that I’ll find out I’m gluten-intolerant, because there is almost nothing I love to eat more than really good bread. (I know that there is bread made with non-wheat flour, but … it’s just not the same.) But it turns out, according to Pacific Standard, that there’s […]
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Your iPad is costing you (a tiny bit) more than you think
Research indicates that the cost of charging your iPad over the course of a year runs a whopping... $1.36.
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This 11-year-old environmental activist is oil companies’ worst nightmare
If we were Big Oil, we'd definitely be scared of this kid.
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Copy-editing failure stymies House push to revive Keystone XL pipeline
The latest Republican effort to push through the pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico was withdrawn thanks to an editing failure.
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How will New York respond to thousands more bikers? Angrily, of course
After all, it is New York.
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Mind-bending chart shows population growth in 590 cities
This chart, showing population growth in almost 600 cities worldwide, is basically too complicated to understand with the naked eye. You’ll want to click through to the original, which allows you to highlight cities from Tokyo at the top to Ta’izz (Yemen) at the bottom, and see their population trajectory from 1950 to a projected […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: Keeping your cool without air-conditioning
A reader wonders about the best ways to beat the heat. Umbra has plenty of suggestions for this hot topic.
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Pop goes the weasel: Will good deeds keep the soda industry super-sized?
Through cause marketing programs like Pepsi Refresh, the beverage industry is buying good will, and protection from policy changes like New York's proposed soda ban.
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A tale of two summits: Rio People’s Summit is both vibrant and troubled
On one side of Rio de Janeiro, world leaders debated the future of the planet. On the other, a grassroots gathering gave a glimpse of the realities of life in the developing world.
