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Developing disasters: How cities are making hurricanes more destructive
Scientists warn of expanding “bull’s-eyes” as the US builds in parts of the country at ever-greater risk because of climate change and severe weather
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Saving seeds to build bonds in our community
In life, it’s easy to take short cuts, but if you take time to do things a different way, what develops may surprise you.
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Global Food Crops Also Face Earth’s Sixth Great Mass Extinction
Human civilization depends on our food supplies, but the planet’s sixth mass extinction of plants and animals currently underway also threatens our food crops.
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Excess pollution from diesel cars leads to 5,000 premature deaths a year in Europe
New research captures some of the real-world impact on lives lost due to air pollution associated with diesel cars.
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Dyson to make electric cars from 2020
The firm known for vacuum cleaners and fans will challenge the industry with a battery-powered car.
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Protect Our Children: Toxic Pesticides Have No Place in a Just Food System
Chlorpyrifos is an extremely toxic pesticide used on a variety of common crops including corn, oranges, and strawberries. It is responsible for acute pesticide poisoning of farmworkers, polluting drinking water, and developmental delays in children who live in farming communities.
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The Architectural Firm With Equal Bonuses for All Employees— No Matter Their Title
Based in Sydney, Australia, Dunn & Hillam aims “to produce honest, beautiful and practical architecture that is of an international standard, whilst being distinguishably Australian.”
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Watch the secret to why barn owls don’t lose their hearing
Scientists conduct first hearing test of its kind
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After Cassini’s End at Saturn, Outer Planets Exploration Shifts to Jupiter
NASA and the European Space Agency may soon launch new missions to the solar system’s largest planet
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How Wolves Saved the Foxes, Mice and Rivers of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park was plagued by defoliation, erosion and an unbalanced ecosystem, but everything changed when wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995.
