Articles by Senior Staff Writer Kate Yoder
Kate Yoder is a senior staff writer covering climate change through the lens of language, culture, and history. Her work has received a FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Award and a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award for bringing fresh perspective and social relevance to environmental issues. She has been at Grist since 2015 and is based in Seattle.
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![Virtual reality headset reflecting a view of earth and part of the International Space Station]()
![Virtual reality headset reflecting a view of earth and part of the International Space Station]()
Can virtual reality recreate the overview effect? I took a $50 trip to space to find out.
The view of Earth was awe-inspiring. But my VR headset kept getting in the way.
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![A busy street with cars and a biker in front of a gas station.]()
![A busy street with cars and a biker in front of a gas station.]()
The push to ban new gas stations is coming to Los Angeles
LA, the capital of car culture, could be the first big city to enact such a ban.
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![Five outdoor thermometers arranged left to right from smallest size to largest, with the temperature rising from 70 degrees in the first to 120 in the last]()
![Five outdoor thermometers arranged left to right from smallest size to largest, with the temperature rising from 70 degrees in the first to 120 in the last]()
Summer has transformed into ‘danger season,’ scientists warn
Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought: Is it time to stop sugar-coating summer?
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![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
![animated gif of pacman and trash can eating ugly vegetables]()
The ugly produce industry faces an ugly question. Now it’s trying to solve it.
How do you really know those veggies would have gone to waste?
