Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email As gas prices rise, people tend to shift from driving personal vehicles to using public transit. However, the extent of this change and the interplay…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Transgenic crops are grown on more than 300 million acres of farmland around the world. In the United States 94.6% of the cotton planted is…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email At the 2009 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, concern focused on the global climate impacts of land-use changes such as deforestation. While the conference…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email In the quest to find solutions to the problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change, many have pointed to natural gas as a…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Beliefs about how risky something is — from legalizing concealed handguns to allowing carbon pollution — are often shaped by deep cultural forces. The theory…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The International Criminal Court (ICC) has an open investigation into the genocide that occurred over the last decade in Darfur, Sudan. Though mass extermination is…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Previous attempts at quantifying the scope of food allergies among U.S. children have produced a wide range of estimates, from 2% to 8%. From a…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Many countries require labeling and reporting of alcohol levels in beverages, but the accuracy of these claims may be far from perfect, at least in…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Though fad diets and new “miracle” techniques for weight loss are regularly touted in American popular culture, health professionals have consistently maintained that eating moderate…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email With obesity on the rise across America, particularly among lower-income individuals, it has been suggested that part of the problem may be lack of access…
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