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Your daily heartwarmer: Airbnb homes used for disaster victims
Next time a hurricane strikes, Airbnb wants to connect displaced residents with locals willing to donate housing. Aww.
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Ask Umbra: Should I buy local or organic?
He says local potatoes. She says organic potahtoes. Umbra urges them not to call the whole thing off.
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No, we’re not running out of people
The world population is projected to soar from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, so you can stop worrying about a shortage of babies.
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First class airline seats have nine times the climate impact of flying coach
It ain't all chocolate waterfalls and massages -- the World Bank finds flying first class uses way more fuel per person than flying coach.
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The Prozac in your pee makes fish anxious and aggressive
Fish are getting antisocial and even homicidal because antidepressants in our pee -- and improperly treated waste water -- are interfering with their brain development.
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With bicycling on the rise, motorists get a new round of driver’s ed
Bike lanes help, but what cities really need is drivers who know how to behave when there are two-wheelers on the roads.
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Video of divers encountering a humpback whale will remove all the stress from your day
Feeling anxious today? Take a trip with us under the sea.
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The internet has some advice for you on recycling old clothes
Today in "proof that crowdsourcing works," Jezebel commenters clearly know WAY more about clothing recycling than one of the site's authors.
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The garden plot thickens: Taking guerrilla gardening to the next level
Unsatisfied with seed bombing, Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, reclaims a garbage-strewn staircase landing.
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Look out, ladies: Biking can damage your vagina
Extremely hunched-over biking (you know, racing style) can numb your vagina and damage nature's dance hall, the pelvic floor.
