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Now you can make alcoholic beverages out of used coffee grounds
Get those coffee grounds the hell out of the compost pile, because science has worked out how to transform them into booze.
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L.A. bar has water sommelier, water tasting menu, and a 45-page water menu
But does it taste better than cheap water??? Actually, no, apparently sometimes it tastes worse.
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Genetically modified seed research: What’s locked and what isn’t
When corporations patent genetically engineered seeds, how tightly do they tie the hands of scientists trying to test their safety?
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Company to start slaughtering horses next week, despite arson and lawsuit
The Valley Meat Co. in New Mexico plans to begin killing horses for meat, unswayed by a legal challenge and an apparent arson attack.
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Pesticides are blowing into California’s mountains, poisoning frogs
Agricultural chemicals are accumulating in frog tissue in the Sierra Nevadas -- the same kinds of chemicals that are sprayed over crops in California's Central Valley.
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Grow your own delicious bugs for snacks
The U.N. thinks you should eat more bugs, and University of Applied Arts graduate Katharina Unger is making it easy to grow them at home with her project Farm 432.
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This video teaches you all you need to know about eating healthy … kinda
Burn calories running to greet the pizza guy! Eat bright-colored foods like Skittles! Avoid death! I think I can stay on this diet.
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The future is a desert, but we can make it bloom
If we want to keep growing food in a changing climate, there's a lot we can learn from desert farmers.
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Claws and effect: Climate change turns lobsters into cannibals
In warming seas, even lobsters think lobster is delicious. (Terrifying video included!)
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Wild thing, I think I need you: How weeds could save dinner
Scientists are racing to study and conserve wild varieties of crops before they disappear. Such weeds could bolster agricultural yields as the climate changes.
