Grist List

Punk strife and farm life pair remarkably well

Here is something you’ve almost definitely never thought about: Rural punks! Punks in the country!

Eve Andrews Culture

Hospital food gets a locavore makeover

Illness aside, most hospital food is enough to make you want to barf. But that's finally starting to change.

Samantha Larson Food

Stephen Colbert can’t wait to belch exhaust all over bicyclists & hybrid cars

"Rolling coal isn't just a smoke-belching public nuisance," says Stephen Colbert. "It's a smoke-belching public message."

Darby Minow Smith Culture

In 10 years, no one in Helsinki is going to own a car

Why would they? The Finnish capital will have a smartphone-enabled travel network that combines small buses, self-driving cars, bicycles, and even ferries.

Jim Meyer Technology

Another reason kelp will win over hipsters’ hearts: craft beer

Kelp's not only poised to become the next big thing to hit our plates. It's making its way into our brews, too.

Samantha Larson Culture

This rogue bicycle pony express delivered mail in 1894

The Pullman rail strike in Illinois cut off all rail service west of Detroit, leaving California train-less and mail-less.

Amber Cortes Culture

Weed-sniffing dogs join the fight against invasive species

They're not just for scaring hippies at airports anymore.

Jim Meyer Uncategorized

Scientist: Save Earth by shrinking humans — and making them hate hamburgers

Bioethics professor Matthew Liao says we could solve climate change by shrinking people down and making them averse to eating meat. The rest of us wonder why the word "ethics" is in his title.