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This powerful app brings organic farming into the Candy Crush age
The app is definitely more utilitarian than entertaining, but we'd rather have organic produce than crushed candy any day.
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Ask Umbra: Should I trade my big home in for a tiny house?
A reader wonders if a new tiny home would be greener than her old house. Umbra squeezes in an answer.
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From single malt to sauvignon blanc: Scotland warms up to wine
That old specter of climate change strikes again, but this time it’s helping the Scots diversify their options for getting hammered.
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This new study shows that vegetarians have worse health. Should we care?
Let's develop some catchy shorthand for “people who eat plant-based, nutrient-rich diets,” and see if THOSE people are sick.
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Startling image shows how much trouble lions are really in
There were roughly 400,000 lions in Africa in 1950, but the population has shrunk by about 90 percent.
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Kangaroo farts could help slow climate change
Kangaroo toots may smell like cheese and vinegar, but at least they’re fairly eco-friendly.
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Now you can get raw milk from a vending machine
What if buying fresh milk from local cows was as easy as getting junk food?
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Old-timey sunset paintings shed light on pollution’s past
Did you know you can tell how polluted the air is based on the color of the sunset? And you can tell the color of long-ago sunsets from paintings.
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Meet the new California, where Paris Hilton isn’t cool but walking, biking, and transit are
Survey shows that Californians choose low-emissions modes of transportation for twice as many trips as they did 10 years ago.
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This pickle chandelier is a delightfully mystifying take on alternative lightbulbs
We’ll say this for the gherkin chandelier: It sounds way tastier than LEDs.