Climate Culture
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These amazing trees grow up to 40 different types of fruit
Artist and Syracuse University professor Sam Van Aken has made more than a dozen trees that bear all kinds of fruits and flowers.
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This is likely when people started eating chicken
People have kept chickens for cockfighting for thousands of years. Eating them is a different story.
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This comic shows all you need to know about butchering chickens
An illustrated story about butchering 75 chickens.
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True Detective asks: What’s easier, pimping or farming?
When farming looks good, you know things are bad.
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California’s groundwater is disappearing AND widely contaminated
About 20 percent of the groundwater that Californians rely on to keep their taps flowing carries high concentrations of contaminants like arsenic, uranium, and nitrate.
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Is there any earth-friendly way to pave a footpath?
A reader's city is replacing its network of pedestrian walks. Concrete? Asphalt? Rubber? Umbra covers the ground.
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Is there a moral case for meat?
Philosophers don't have a strong argument for eating animals. So why do we do it anyway?
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Instead of tossing your leftover greens, turn them into “meatballs”
Hold onto your carrot tops! And onion tops! And turnip tops! And beet greens, too. You can turn all of those greens into a delicious snack.
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Arizona and California are ignoring the science on water
Despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona are still miscounting their water supplies.
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What’s the difference between eating pork belly and puppy belly? Not much
Hal Herzog has spent 30 years studying the unique relationships people have with animals. Here are his thoughts on our weird relationship with meat.
