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This massive retirement home would grow its own food
The proposal for this beautiful building has us drooling over its emphasis on fresh food and community, and it isn't even built yet.
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Will fake snow on my Christmas tree land me on the naughty list?
A reader asks about faux snow. Umbra says only the sheep should be flocking.
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E.O. Wilson talks science and the meaning of life
E.O. Wilson discusses his new book, religion, and robots.
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E.O. Wilson answers your questions about GMOs, ants, the Pope
The noted biologist and public intellectual had some surprising answers to your questions.
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6 fascinating facts about the evolution of food
National Geographic's "Eat: The Story of Food" is a delicious trove of food facts. Here are some choice tidbits.
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This sausage prank exposes our weird food issues
A butcher pretends to put piglets into a sausage machine. Madness ensues.
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Roadkill fur is flat-out the hottest fashion trend of the season
We got over the Carmani ick factor pretty quickly with this sobering stat: A million animals end up dead on U.S. roadsides every day.
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11 ways to fall in love with humble, spicy daikon this winter
How to use this large root in more ways than you thought possible.
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Of course Portland wants you to bike to the airport
Cycling to PDX can even offset about 1 percent of your flight's carbon emissions.
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Aaron Sorkin tackles climate change on “The Newsroom” and … oy
It is not in fact true that we're doomed to face a "catastrophic failure of the planet."