Climate Culture
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Cancer rising? The numbers don’t tell a new story
We shouldn't be so eager to pin cancer on environmental causes that we misread statistics and leap to unsupported conclusions.
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Here’s how to travel the entire country without ever getting in a car
This map shows all the intercity transit routes in the U.S.
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This newborn two-toed sloth is better than whatever else you were looking at
Just close all your other tabs.
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The full Monte: Beloved Montana artist makes bold statement on climate and coal
Monte Dolack has been painting the animals of Montana for the last 40 years. In a new show, Dolack turns a critical eye to coal.
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Save the bees by refrigerating them
Mason bees aren't your typical honeybees or bumblebees -- they don't sting, they're not particularly social, and females make individual nests in tubes.
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London’s newest urban farm is underground
Pea shoots, arugula, mizuna, chives, mustard leaf, radish, basil, and more, grown hydroponically in the tunnels under LED lights.
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These colorful maps show what your city really looks like without a car
Just click any point on the map, and colors pool out around it -- like a heat map, but for time spent on buses or subways.
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Selling homemade food is now legal in California
Rejoice! Your fledgling cupcake business doesn't need to rent commercial kitchen space!
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You can rent a hot tub and get it delivered by bike
This sounds like a Portlandia sketch, but we swear it's real.
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Ask Umbra: What kind of wood floors should I buy?
A reader wonders if he can get a pass on imported hardwood, since it's fast-growing and bee-yutiful. Umbra polishes up his understanding of sustainable timber.