Jul 01, 2016 12:45PM
Animal Droppings Help Forests Absorb CO2 A paper published in Forest Ecosystems concludes that frugivores, large, fruit-eating animals like toucans, tapirs, curassows and spider monkeys, help to keep
Jul 01, 2016 12:43PM
Scientists Increasingly Find It Dangerous According to a new meta-analysis of previous studies, Philippe Grandjean, of Harvard, and Richard Clapp, of the University of Massachusetts, concluded that Du
Jul 01, 2016 12:40PM
New Numbers Confirm Global Overfishing The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has been collecting reports for decades on how many fish are caught in the oceans annually. However, those n
Jul 01, 2016 12:37PM
New Grain Transport to be Contaminant-Free Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products must still worry about their ingredients picking up GMO conta
Jul 01, 2016 12:36PM
Fresh Veggies Come Direct to Offices Pioneering employers are now offering fresh vegetables to help employees improve their diet—and their health. Tech companies are even hiring professional chefs to
Jul 01, 2016 12:32PM
Bright Lights Drive Them to Extinction National Moth Week, held from July 23 to 31 (visit NationalMothWeek.org for podcast), has prompted the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) to encourage citi
May 31, 2016 11:29AM
Safely Keep Winged Visitors Away from Outdoor Events [dropcap]W[/dropcap]arding off summertime mosquitoes and flies to maintain outdoor fun is especially important given the new disease potential of t
May 31, 2016 11:25AM
Six-Hour Workday Reaps Benefits [dropcap]M[/dropcap]any Americans work 50 hours a week or more because they think they’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. However, according to a metastudy p
May 31, 2016 11:23AM
Artificial Surfaces Pose Risks [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s of January, there have been 200 nationwide cases of cancers in young athletes that played on synthetic turf—many of them lymphoma, which is uncommo
May 31, 2016 11:21AM
Rethinking All Aspects of Society [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he International Living Future Institute’s Living Future Challenge presents a bold new framework for rethinking how systems, products, buildings a
May 31, 2016 11:19AM
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]midst the growing pollinator crisis and due to public pressure, Aldi Süd, the German supermarket chain with stores in the U.S., has become the first major European retailer to ban
May 31, 2016 11:17AM
More U.S. Cities Leaving the Grid [dropcap]N[/dropcap]assau, New York, a town of 5,000 outside Albany, plans to ramp up a combination of rooftop- and ground-mounted solar, wind turbine and landfill me
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