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Lab-Grown Meat Is First Step to Artificial Hamburger
Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first...
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Energy Poverty Creating Respiratory Disease Epidemic
Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world’s population reliant on...
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500 Million Children ‘Stunted By Hunger’
Half a billion children could grow up physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years because they do...
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In China, Electric Cars Are More Polluting than Gas Guzzlers
It turns out that the use of electric vehicles may not be that clean after all, particularly in the...
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Hurricanes Pose Risk to Offshore Wind Farms
When an oncoming hurricane curves offshore — as most do — we usually breathe a sigh of relief. But...
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Air Sampling Reveals High Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Field
When US government scientists began sampling the air from a tower north of Denver, Colorado, they expected urban smog–but...
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David Christian Is Upbeat at Davos
There are many tribes at Davos: business leaders (who pay for the rest), journalists, politicians, representatives of NGOs, bankers...
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The Greening of the Super Bowl
The National Football League and the Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee are going green. They have selected Green...
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Does Sending Food Aid to Struggling Nations Do More Harm Than Good?
In a study just released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian find...
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U.N. Reports World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel as Population Soars
As the world’s population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and...