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Low wages and cheap food: Separated at birth
The one-day strike by fast food workers reminds us that inexpensive food carries a high social price tag.
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“Let them eat coal”: Why cheap, dirty fuels aren’t a meal ticket for developing countries
Bjorn Lomborg thinks Africa just needs more fossil fuels. Luckily, Africans already know what's best for them.
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This trash can is designed to give animals your leftovers
Another creative solution to food waste. It's not perfect, but maybe it’ll keep those raccoons outta your yard.
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Man arrested for charging his EV with 5 cents’ worth of electricity
We get that most areas don’t have the infrastructure yet for widespread EV adoption, but seriously?!
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Air apparent: Once we start geoengineering, it may be hard to stop
The authors of a recent study thought maybe it'd be a good idea to look before we leap into the caldera of the fake-volcano business.
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Times are tough for the fossil-fuel lovers at ALEC
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, which pushes anti-environmental state bills, is having trouble raising money and keeping members.
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Rat retraction reaction: Journal pulls its GMOs-cause-rat-tumors study
Retractions are typically the result of big goofs and frauds -- but in this case, the problem was inordinate attention paid to inconclusive results.
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Jerry Brown keeps getting heckled by anti-fracking protesters
California's governor supports fracking. A whole lot of his constituents don't, and they're being increasingly vocal about it.
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Brush with danger: The long battle over a spooky toothpaste additive
The FDA has been waiting decades to tell us whether triclosan, a soap and toothpaste additive, is harmful. A new lawsuit is finally forcing its hand.
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These slabs of recycled denim and resin are weirdly beautiful
And they can be used for architectural projects, as well as for nifty consumer designs.
