Grist List
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40 percent of U.S. households could switch to a plug-in hybrid without changing their routine
One of the enduring myths about electric vehicles is that they're totally impractical.
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Your holiday wreath could be made of stolen branches
Thieves sneak onto land and chop off tree branches -- or whole trees -- in order to get at the supple tips that wreath-makers prize.
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Watch baby frogs freakishly pop out of their mom’s skin
Warning: This puts the “graphic” in “National Geographic.”
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Solar panel dresses are hideous but keep your phone charged
An hour of sunlight charges your phone halfway. Unfortunately, the clothes are -- how do we say this nicely? -- really ugly.
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This bike could purify the air as you ride it
What if bikes could actually reverse pollution, instead of just not making it worse?
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Washing our hands in hot water is using as much carbon as Barbados, and it’s not doing a damn thing
Sure, hot water can kill bacteria, but it has to be so hot that it would scald your skin.
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The week in GIFs: Jennifer Lawrence edition
Now catching fire: Katniss, climate change, our impatience for the weekend.
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Factory farms fed cows the mess from the bottom of chicken cages
There's always one more additional, disgusting detail of factory farming that you've overlooked.
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This sexy cyclist calendar features a slightly unsettling human-bike romance
Nope, definitely nothing creepy about a woman unzipping her jeans while staring at the bike propped expectantly on her bed. Not at all.
