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You don’t have to be a caterpillar with a hookah to sit on this mycelium fungus chair, made by Dutch designer Erik Klarenbeek.
The government shutdown means no weddings at national monuments. It also means Smokey Bear isn't busy. Stephen Colbert brought these together.
Like a good movie villain, climate change may have more nasty surprises in store.
Voters chose the more climate-friendly candidate, Terry McAuliffe, but was that because of his views on the environment? Or abortion or gay rights or immigration ... ?
Republicans cheered when EPA workers were furloughed. But poll results show that most Americans wanted those workers back on the job.
It's like an O. Henry story, but with bivalves.
The Hawaiian island is a popular biotech testing ground -- and for the moment, the industry can keep its free hand there.
You can blame a lot on climate change. Bigger wildfires. Bad health. The totalitarian hell and political repression in "The Hunger Games" franchise.
African American literature and history hold lessons about how we weather storms -- divided or together -- and how we might survive in a chaotic future.
