Climate Culture
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Thanks for the oil, Iraq, here’s some cancer
Depleted uranium from U.S. munitions is suspected of causing a huge spike in birth defects and all kinds of cancers in Iraq.
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Why in the world are so many manatees dying?
Manatees are dying off both Florida coasts, and by God we want the culprit brought to justice! (It's probably us.)
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How scientists are bringing this weird, extinct, baby-barfing frog back from the dead
The frog DNA sat around for 40 years before scientists used cloning technology to bring the species back to life.
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Watch a penguin play games on an iPad
Considering that touch screens are not exactly optimized for seabird use, they're actually pretty good at it.
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Red, Bike & Green wants to shift the color balance in bicycling
The Bay Area's bicycling culture was lacking in the diversity department. Jenna Burton set out to change that.
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You eat less if you know exactly how many miles you’ll have to walk to burn it off
A recent study shows little changes to menus can make a big difference to health outcomes.
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This guy built an authentic passenger rail car in his basement
To make this subterranean transit-geek wonderland, self-described "train-obsessed nutcase" Jason Shron went in with a friend on a decades-old train car that was slated to be scrapped.
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Ask Umbra: On holey jeans, holey socks, and dyeing clothes
Readers ask about that holiest of all topics: their clothes. Umbra sends some smoke signals up the Grist chimney.
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Hundreds of sea lion pups are mysteriously washing ashore in California
What the hell is going on? Why are so many dehydrated and malnourished baby sea lions washing ashore? And do they need us to take some of them home?
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This teen is suing the state of Alaska because climate change threatens his home
Eighteen-year-old Nelson Kanuk's yard is disappearing. Eight feet last spring. Five feet last summer.
