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Zen break: Check out China’s gorgeous stripey mountains
Rain + wind + 24 million years = awesome nature porn.
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Precious cargo: These bikes carry just about anything — pianos included
A suitcase, a kid, your grandmother -- these are all things that can be carted around with a cargo bike. Here are the pictures to prove it.
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When your parking grows up: What curb spaces can become
On-street parking takes up a lot of room in our cities. Parking reforms can change that -- but what will we do with all the extra space?
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Rich people’s bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
Rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach.
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An American in Denmark: Close encounters with European bicycle culture
In Copenhagen, bikes are as common as vacuum cleaners -- and the people who ride them are bloody amazing.
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Giant Galapagos tortoises, once extinct in the wild, retake island from invasive rats
118 juvenile tortoises have been let free on Pinzon Island. And they may just survive.
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Costa Rica is turning its zoos into urban parks
The zoo's current inhabitants will be placed in forest preserves or wildlife sanctuaries.
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Follow your poop’s magical journey through the sewer
The flush is only the beginning! Your doo-doo goes on a long, strange trip that ends back in your mouth.
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Ask Umbra: What’s so bad about fracking?
A reader asks for the facts on hydraulic fracturing. Umbra drills down.
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Time magazine catches on to the childfree movement, misses the green angle
A cover story on "The Childfree Life" recognizes the economic, social, and personal upsides to skipping parenting, but neglects to mention the environmental benefits.
