Grist List
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14-year-old debates GMOs with condescending TV host
Rachel Parent is not even old enough for a learner's permit, but she sounds more mature than Canadian TV personality Kevin O'Leary.
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Zen break: Check out China’s gorgeous stripey mountains
Rain + wind + 24 million years = awesome nature porn.
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Global warming leads to darker ice leads to more global warming
As ice thins, the Arctic gets less reflective -- and that's bad news.
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Rich people’s bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
Rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach.
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Now there are CSAs for art
Members invest an initial sum and receive whatever the artists are able to produce based on that investment.
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Giant Galapagos tortoises, once extinct in the wild, retake island from invasive rats
118 juvenile tortoises have been let free on Pinzon Island. And they may just survive.
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Costa Rica is turning its zoos into urban parks
The zoo's current inhabitants will be placed in forest preserves or wildlife sanctuaries.
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Follow your poop’s magical journey through the sewer
The flush is only the beginning! Your doo-doo goes on a long, strange trip that ends back in your mouth.
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The week in GIFs: Dildo bags, peeing, and vegan lube
An unusual amount of sex-related stories get the GIF treatment this week.
