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A reader wonders which is more energy efficient, bottle-fed water coolers or the newfangled point-of-use kind. Umbra distills the answers.
Radical Mycology cofounder Peter McCoy thinks mushrooms hold the secret to human and environmental health. He may be on to something.
A new study from Yale -- the largest of its kind -- shows a correlation between living near a fracking site and having health problems.
Could improving public health help curb climate change?
If we are to foster a broader conversation about global warming, one that includes population, it's important to remember why the topic has been largely off limits for so long.
A new report pins the blame for a recent spate of heat waves on human-caused climate change -- but for the California drought, the evidence is murkier.
Recife, Brazil, has taken a shockingly non-hysterical approach to reducing shark attacks. Fly fishers everywhere call it catch-and-release.
Under pressure to get a publishing giant into the iconic tower, the site's developers may have sacrificed a core part of its green plans.
Thirsty Californians now need to think twice before they tap that aquifer.
