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Meet “Traffic Droid,” the cycling superhero who calls out bad drivers

That’s WAY better than shooting a web outta your wrists or smashing things with a giant hammer.

Holly Richmond Culture May 30, 2014

Will drones save the rhinos? Some conservationists say it’s launch time

Drones send privacy advocates into a tizzy. But can camera-equipped bots help enforce environmental regs?

Samantha Larson Technology July 22, 2014

China’s brand-new baby panda is the result of actual panda sex

Fans of (slightly weird) adorableness are having a good week, as a panda named Yuan Yuan at Chengdu Giant Panda...

Sarah Miller Uncategorized August 28, 2012

To motivate climate activists, use optimism

Hope is critical as a motivator in the very doom-heavy world of climate change activism, according to a new study.

Heather Smith Technology June 26, 2014

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

On climate, how far gone is the far right? (Spoiler: far)

Climate communicators badly want to believe that it's possible to reach the Tea Party. Recent episodes from far-right conservatism cast doubt on that proposition.

David Roberts Politics September 18, 2014

GMO giants’ pesticide use threatens rare Hawaiian species

The wildlife, plants, and coral reefs of Kauai, many already endangered, are under further risk because of heavy spraying on GMO test fields.

Paul Koberstein Technology June 17, 2014

What all our computers together can tell us about climate change

By hooking up laptops and desktops into a distributing computing network, volunteers can help climate scientists crunch numbers.

Samantha Larson Technology May 20, 2014

GMO labeling initiative heads to the ballot in Oregon

Similar ballot measures have failed in California and Washington. Have the Oregon activists learned from those defeats?

Nathanael Johnson Technology July 2, 2014

Frackers are flooding the atmosphere with climate-warming methane

Two new studies reveal the staggering disconnect between actual methane emissions and official EPA estimates.

John Upton Climate & Energy May 12, 2014

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