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Sorry, paleo fans, science says carbs helped make your brain big
A new study shows that carbs were essential in human brain development. Pass the French fries, scientists!
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The Midwest’s corn fields are even worse for the planet than we thought
The Corn Belt's fertilizer habit releases a greenhouse gas with nearly 300 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide.
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What’s it like to be at home on the ocean? Ask a fisherman
Tele Aadsen fishes for salmon in southeast Alaska, which means she is up close and personal with the sea every day.
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A huge, toxic algae bloom is basically eating the West Coast alive
That toxic algae bloom off the West Coast is bigger and badder than we thought -- and its messing with your seafood.
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Instead of composting old fruit, these students want to powder it
Fopo Powders pulverizes expired food into produce powders, which are like the nutritious distant relatives of PixyStix.
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Everything you always wanted to know about fish farming but were afraid to ask
Can farmed fish be green? Can farmed fish be cool? Answers to these -- and more! -- inside.
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Avian flu is hammering hens — should poultry farmers get a bailout?
Egg farmers are asking for help to recover from a disease outbreak. Would a bailout fix the problem or make it worse?
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What you need to know about antibiotics in livestock
A look at the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Why do we turn up our noses at eating bugs?
The lines we draw around what's acceptable to put in our mouths have more to do with culture and climate than with science or nutrition.
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To make meat greener, make it more efficiently
The planet isn't going vegetarian. But we could make all that meat a lot more efficiently, and less wastefully.
