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A reader wants to get a little of the plastic out of her life. Umbra offers a few tips for reducing refuse.
What's more natural -- locavore purism or technical wizardry? Pork from a happy pig or live ants on your lettuce? An email dialogue about the future of sustainable eating.
Deniers be warned: When you go up against an entertainer like Bill Nye the Science Guy, you may not only be refuted ... but it might also be pretty memorable.
A reader is distraught about the petrochemicals in her paper products. Umbra wipes away her tears.
Conservatives are dead set against bigger government, so they deny problems that might require government solutions. Liberals care about outcomes rather than the size of government.
Vincent Meertens and his girlfriend Larissa tracked all their bike trips for a year.
Rather than armchair postulating about what MIGHT work better, one transit firm did some real-time analysis and videotaped the results.
Small news websites are filling in some of the void left by shrinking city newspapers and TV news coverage. They're proving their worth in times of disaster.
The lighted sheet looks like a magical page from an unpublished Harry Potter book. (Or a glow-in-the-dark Barbie hammock.)
