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Ask Umbra: How many times can you recycle paper, anyway?
A reader wonders how far recycled paper can go. Umbra delivers.
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Watching polar bears swim for ice will make you want to hug them (but maybe don’t)
It’s hard not to love polar bears, but this video has made us adore them in a whole new way.
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Why the food movement and family farmers need to learn to get along, little dogies
Perspective on the food movement from a writer who grew up shoveling manure.
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A beetles invasion threatens your cup of coffee
Invading heat-happy bugs in India are destroying your most culturally acceptable addiction.
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These maps show how many brutally hot days you will suffer when you’re old
Climate change can be a tough issue to care about at the daily level -- but the prospect of sweating profusely through your golden years? That's more arresting.
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Disprove global warming, score $10,000
A physicist is offering a cash prize to anyone who can disprove humanity's role in global warming. He's not too worried about losing any money.
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A mapping group at MIT wants to show us the way to greener cities
Sep Kamvar's slick data maps help urbanites recognize the elements that they love, and the ones that need some tweaking.
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Ask Umbra: Is it safe to use newspaper as garden mulch?
A reader frets about dioxins in his topsoil. It's a dirty question, but somebody's got to answer it.
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Meet the sisters who put the rad in radical vintage
Dominique and Jazmyne Drakeford spread their love of vintage threads in Oakland, Calif.
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This fishy World Cup bracket ranks countries by their ocean goals
The World Cup countries go head-to-head on their ocean health scores -- except for reigning climate champion Switzerland, who disqualified themselves by not having a coastline.