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By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. These tables and graphs help to explain the precarious […]
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11 bacon recipes that will kill you (and why you will eat them anyway)
Bacon is amazing. It is especially amazing when paired with other things. Like beef. And cheese. And pizza. And more bacon.
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Meet Moses, the orphaned baby elephant raised by a human mom
Moses is 7 months old, 220 pounds, and needs 24-hour care and a bottle feeding every two hours during the night. His human mom, Jenny Webb, is up for all of it.
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Moment of truth: Is the ‘food movement’ for real — or just talk?
With the vote on California's GMO labeling measure only three weeks away, the so-called "good food movement" finds itself at an important crossroads.
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Obama and Romney spar over energy in second debate, ignore climate yet again
Energy issues were front and center at Tuesday night's presidential debate -- but that wasn't good news for climate hawks.
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Is David Axelrod responsible for climate change inaction?
With polls showing more voters concerned about climate change, why are politicians ignoring the issue on the campaign trail? It could come down to bad advice from one person.
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Skydive from space recreated in LEGO
If you missed Felix Baumgartner's freefall jump, which sponsor Red Bull swears will have scientific validity, you can see it recreated at 1:350 scale with LEGOs here. Or you could watch the video, I GUESS.
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Water-spout jetpacks are hands down the coolest personal transport we’ve seen
These jetpacks, which hold you up on columns of water, are not an alternative to cars (yet). But they look like the funnest EVER.
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How the New Politics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
After the 2000 census, many states used politics and innovative mapping technology to gerrymander new electoral districts to lock in gains for one party or the other. California politicians, for […]
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Newly discovered super-advanced biocarbon device: anchovy poop!
(At the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative we are constantly on the hunt for ways to improve the carbon storage capacity of natural systems. One of my partners in the project, Rhys […]
