Every bathroom should come standard with cats and Oprah. (Last week: sex strikes, spiders, and smog.)

The Pacific’s warming 15 times faster than it used to:

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Pollution made a mafia boss become a narc:

Now you can buy granola bars made with beer:

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This prototype lets you endlessly recycle your shower water:

This little gizmo will try to tell you if you spend too long in the tub:

Key word being “try.”