Articles by Sarah Laskow
Sarah Laskow is a reporter based in New York City who covers environment, energy, and sustainability issues, among other things.
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This awesome mobile lab travels the country measuring methane air pollution
It has, for instance, "a mast that rises up five stories, like a periscope."
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World’s worst driver hits biker and brags about it on Twitter
If you're a biker, sometimes it feels like drivers are out to get you. Sometimes they are.
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Best switcheroo ever: Scientists could extract gold with cornstarch instead of cyanide
Any time you can switch out cornstarch for cyanide in an industrial process, you're doing well.
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Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants
Planting your green roof with sedum is like hiring employees based on how long they can physically sit in an office chair instead of how good they are at doing the work.