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Ask Umbra: Can I rest easy eating organic beef?
A reader wonders if, when their day comes, organic cows are treated any differently than ordinary ones. Umbra serves up the answer.
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Madrid is getting rid of car lanes and putting pedestrians first
Madrid may have just made it onto our list of places to fantasize about moving to.
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NASA’s growing a turnip garden on the moon
The agency has designed a tiny habitat that will allow plants to, if not thrive, at least exist in space
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NYC is holding a subway swing dance party in vintage train cars
There will be music on the trains and dancing on the platform.
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Your dandruff shampoo is screwing up algae and fish
Turns out that the fungicide in dandruff shampoo is less fun and more -icidal than you’d hope.
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Koalas’ sex secret: An organ in the throat, if you know what we mean
Male koalas bellow seductively to convince lady-koalas to bone them. Yes, just like Barry White.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z are going vegan
Hip hop's reigning power couple are forsaking animal products because of birthdays and math.
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When it comes to climate change, this artist lets the trees do the talking
Chicago’s newest urban renewal project will let people watch the slow-motion calamity of climate change -- by way of tree blossoms.
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Fancy espresso machines are leaching lead into your coffee
Super-strong cleaning agents react with coffee machine parts and release lead into espresso. Yum!