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How SUVs Won The Pandemic
A new report reveals the startling impact of America’s favorite car.
January 22, 2021

One Year In Ice City: A Look Inside The World’s Largest Arctic Expedition
From polar bears to a pandemic, a scientist shares what it was like to be part of MOSAiC, science’s most ambitious mission to the North Pole.
July 25, 2020

Species Are Going Extinct At An Unprecedented Rate — Here’s Why You Should Care 
Saving plants and animals from extinction isn’t just our duty, it’s our salvation.
May 26, 2019

How Your Leftovers Are Feeding Climate Damage
Your food waste footprint is bigger than you think. Here’s how to minimize your climate impact. 
August 29, 2019

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Popular Science

​Roach Control
An insect cyborg that scurries at your command
January 2013

Fruit Flyer [PDF]
An air cannon that shoots pumpkins—or anything else—600 miles an hour
Plus: 5 Things for Starting a Small Business
February 2010

The Goods
Monthly spread of a dozen hot new gadgets
April - September 2009

Rebuilding the Troops 
For wounded soldiers, the military's Institute of Regenerative Medicine offers dramatic new ways to heal
July 2008

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Forbes

Gadgets We Love: Guitar Hero 
Ten must have toys for grown-ups.
November 13, 2006

The Mind's Cartographer
Researchers have given us an atlas of the brain. Molecular biologist Julie Simpson is drawing us a street map.
November 14, 2005

The Bunny Chip
The drug industry, with a microchip, could save money and spare millions of furry creatures.
August 15, 2005                                                           

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Meat, monopolies, mega farms: how the US food system fuels climate crisis
From a beef-heavy diet to growing crops that don’t feed people – the biggest challenges facing the agriculture industry
June 30, 2022

‘The cusp of a reuse revolution’: startups take the waste out of takeout
More than 70% of Americans report ordering takeout or delivery one to three times a week – resulting in hundreds of billions of single-use products
​October 22, 2021

Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
Reuse, watershed restoration and new cooling methods back companies’ commitments to conserve scarce water resources
October 14, 2021

How to make air conditioning less of an environmental nightmare
As the world heats up so does the demand for air conditioning, which itself is a contributor to the climate crisis
September 3, 2021

Is remote working better for the environment? Not necessarily
Companies have a rare moment to reset working models. But climate calculations of remote v office work are complex
August 2, 2021

Daily Beast
The Last Big Obstacle to Electric Cars Is All in Your Mind (syndicated on yahoo)
Making electric vehicle adoption work means rethinking our travel habits entirely. It's well worth it.
April 11, 2022

We’re About to Enter a New Era of Chaos for Outer Space
A race is brewing to succeed the ISS and become the next hottest destination in Earth’s orbit.
February 23, 2022
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Take Us Back to the Dawn of the Cosmos
The long-awaited, long-overdue, super-expensive successor to Hubble is finally taking off. (We hope.)
December 18, 2021

NASA Has a Plan to Stop an Asteroid From Hitting Earth—by Slamming Into It
DART is a $325 million suicide mission in space that could teach us how to save the world from annihilation.
November 19, 2021

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World Changing Ideas:
Delivering the US from Oil
Plug-in hybrid trucks are improving the long view of the short haul
December 2009