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Check out some of the prettiest (and most depressing) climate change data out there
Grist shares its favorite climate data visualizations. Buckle up, data wranglers!
Take a video tour of this awesome vegetarian meat company
Beyond Meat takes pea protein and turns it into meat -- or at least, something very similar.
Coal-friendly states sue over Obama’s Clean Power Plan
The plan was just formally published Friday morning, but it already faces legal challenges from 24 states.
Beavers are good for streams. Now watch found footage of beavers parachuting
Beavers improve water quality, according to a new study.
Your Granny Smith has a story. Here’s what it’s like to harvest apples
NPR offers a thoughtful radio portrait of one migrant apple picker's life.
Marine reserves are a bright spot in a dark year
Palau will protect nearly 200,000 square miles of ocean. That makes a million square miles of new marine reserves for the year.
Mexico coast to be hit by record-breaking hurricane
Hurricane Patricia just became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western hemisphere.
One more reason the prison industrial complex is awful: The physical distance it puts between people
The prison industrial complex makes car travel necessary, but the answer isn't to eco-shame the loved ones of incarcerated people.
Here are some surprising findings about religious people and science
Highly religious people are more likely to see science and religion in harmony than the nonreligious, according to a new study.
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Climate change more catastrophic for the global economy than we thought
A new study predicts that global economic output will fall by 23 percent by 2100 due to climate change, relative to a world without it.
Paying extra to get that new iPhone faster? It’s a bad deal
Leasing your phone gets you more frequent upgrades, but what does that mean for the planet?
Senate panel warms to GMOs
On the agriculture committee, at least, senators showed little stomach for regulating GMOs and more support for a national voluntary labeling law.
What’s the deal with pesticides and local food?
When an inquisitive shopper wonders if her local farmers are dousing her with misinformation about pesticides, Umbra produces an answer.
Mediterranean diet might keep your brain young, science says
Researchers found that the brains of those who stuck to a Mediterranean diet -- lots of veggies, some fish, and little meat and dairy -- had more gray and white matter.
Spooky! There could be lead in your kid’s face paint
With Halloween approaching, Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the FDA to test face paint for toxic metals.
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