Ask Umbra: Who makes the most awesomely eco-tastic computers?
Mar 6, 2014, 7:02 am By Greg Hanscom
Q. What’s the best(ish) choice I can make when purchasing a computer? Is there a company out there…Republicans use Putin as an excuse to push fossil-fuel projects
Mar 6, 2014, 1:31 am By benadler
World Economic ForumPutin poutin’. The hallmark of a Republican policy proposal is that it can be…Americans have no idea how much water we use — or how to conserve it
Mar 5, 2014, 8:39 pm By andrewseve
“I consider myself a fairly water-conscious person,” says the average American, sipping on a…Rising sea levels will drown your Western art history course
Mar 5, 2014, 8:18 pm By Amelia Urry
Chris ChabotAt least Macchu Picchu is probably safe from sea level rise. You know how we sometimes…Here are 5 examples of facts making people dumber
Mar 5, 2014, 5:19 pm By Amelia Urry
On Monday, I reported on the latest study to take a bite out of the idea of human rationality. In a…This amazing footage of whales and dolphins will change the way you look at drones
Mar 5, 2014, 4:20 pm By jesszimmerman
Drones get a bad rap, what with the killing people. Even offering to deliver our Amazon packages…Some BPA-free plastic is actually worse for you than normal plastic
Mar 5, 2014, 3:13 pm By hrichmond
Today in “time to move into my underground bunker,” BPA-free plastic — touted as the safer,…Louisiana’s coastline is disappearing too quickly for mappers to keep up
Mar 5, 2014, 3:07 pm By Darby Smith
Twenty-five years ago, miles of marshy land and grasses separated the small fishing outpost of…California’s drought is so bad people are turning to witchcraft
Mar 5, 2014, 2:07 pm By hrichmond
Did you know that witches help make Two-Buck Chuck? Sadly no one from The Craft is involved, but…This rapping polar bear wants Obama to reject the Keystone pipeline
Mar 5, 2014, 12:59 pm By hrichmond
Well, this is a new one: “Frostpaw the Polar Bear” has a message for Obama, and it rhymes. The…Fairer fare: How to turn food system kinks into win-wins for growers and eaters
Mar 5, 2014, 12:51 pm By Nathanael Johnson
This is part of a series in which we’re asking what pragmatic steps we can take to make regional…These customizable sandals help Ugandan women go to college
Mar 5, 2014, 10:52 am By hrichmond
Is tying your shoes the best part of your day? Then this news will make your LIFETIME! When you buy…Wanna get West Nile virus? Climate change will help
Mar 5, 2014, 9:27 am By hrichmond
Click to embiggen. Contracting the West Nile virus is too damn hard. You have to go somewhere hot…Get off my lawn! Organic farmers just can’t get along with GMO-growing neighbors
Mar 5, 2014, 7:00 am By andrewseve
Another day, another bunch of old, white guys complaining about their neighbors screwing up their…It’s official: People around the world really are eating more and more alike
Mar 5, 2014, 3:42 am By Nathanael Johnson
You’ve probably heard that the food people eat worldwide is getting more and more homogeneous. As…You can blame Warren Buffett for many of those exploding oil trains
Mar 4, 2014, 10:47 pm By Lisa Hymas
We’ve written a lot about the dangers of shipping extra-flammable oil in flimsy rail cars that…We’d love these new fair-trade sustainable condoms, if the marketing weren’t kinda sexist
Mar 4, 2014, 4:58 pm By hrichmond
Is there anything more fun than sexism in marketing? (See: Bic Pens for Her. And yes, everything…How to make natural gas more climate-friendly
Mar 4, 2014, 4:25 pm By benadler
This is a story about natural gas leakage, and we’re not talking about what happens after your…That old, rusty underwater pipeline? Nothing to worry about!
Mar 4, 2014, 3:23 pm By andrewseve
Recently, scenes from the frozen Great Lakes region have brought to mind the post-apocalyptic icy…New York could turn its trash into giant floating compost islands
Mar 4, 2014, 3:05 pm By hrichmond
First NYC firm PRESENT Architecture dreamt up a plus-sign-shaped strainer-pool that would filter…
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