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Bill and Melinda Gates host the Super Bowl for the toilet of the future, inspiring some seriously space-age concraptions.
A big article in The New York Times examines single motherhood and poverty, but fails to mention birth control. That's quite the omission.
Unless you're an economics geek, you've probably never heard of "discount rates." Behind that technical term, however, hides a social and ethical debate at the heart of climate policy. David Roberts explains (otters included).
An assessment of the top 100 metropolitan areas in the country finds that most jobs are accessible by transit – but the workers might not be.
When I was taught to do laundry, I was told that a Bounce dryer sheet went into the dryer with...
How do we reduce our exposure to mercury? The answer requires both difficult changes to the world’s energy supply and simpler consumer choices.
A report from the Washington Post demonstrates
A new Wired cover story argues that we don't need to worry about coming disasters. On climate change, that argument clearly fails.
A case study in how change is made in Washington: slowly, with much debate, and with tangential regard for the science.
