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Just how friendly are your “bee-friendly” plants?
"Bee-deadly" might be more accurate thanks to widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. But now retailers like Home Depot are trying to fix the problem.
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To motivate climate activists, use optimism
Hope is critical as a motivator in the very doom-heavy world of climate change activism, according to a new study.
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Ma, why does my scratch and sniff smell like a gas leak?
When it comes to sniffing out leaky natural gas pipelines, it's time for kids to join the fun.
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This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi
The Ecos Powercube brings energy, water, and communications to remote places without using fossil fuels -- all packed into a shipping container.
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Everything we know about neonic pesticides is awful
A review of more than 800 scientific papers has painted a terrifying picture of the ecosystem-wide impacts of neonicotinoids.
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Open-source seeds: While they spread shoots, they plant ideas
"Linux For Lettuce," a writer's account of the movement to counter seed patents with open source licenses, gets to the root of a growing problem.
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Put your spare change to good use with crowdfunded science
Experiment.com turns your money into clean air or a human-powered space shuttle or studies on fracking's health effects, among other things.
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Fracking chemicals could mess with your hormones
Chemicals commonly used by frackers can have negative effects on the thyroid and other bodily systems, new research suggests.
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How to not lose your shirt when the climate goes bust
Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, and Hank Paulson give the thinking businessperson a handy guide to how bad climate change is for business -- and how urgently we must act.
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Organic farming is so much harder than just getting stoned and picking tomatoes
"A Farm Dies Once a Year" offers an unretouched look at growing up on an iconic organic farm -- along with some hope for the movement's future.
