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How to Donate Your Organs (or Your Whole Body) When You Die
You can’t take anything with you when you die, including your body. In the absence of serving you, your organs would simply rot away, which would be a real shame since some of them could help other people. If you’re considering a way to make...
Three of the Most Common Cooking Myths (and What to Do Instead)
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The Choice Between Indica and Sativa Is Increasingly Meaningless (and How to Pick Your Weed)
There’s a lot of talk in the consumer cannabis industry about the effects of different strains—indica versus sativa, calming versus energizing, this strain increases focus, that strain promotes creativity, and on and on. But here’s...
Pesticide Action Network
An oncologist on pesticides and cancer
Organizing Co-Director Asha Sharma recently sat down and chatted with her dad — Dr. Jivesh Sharma — about pesticides and cancer risk. Understandably, not many people have fond memories of hospitals. But I’ve always felt comfortable...
The anniversary we did not want
Each year, farmer Rob Faux must re-live the anniversary of a devastating pesticide drift and exposure incident on his farm. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider
The anniversary we did not want
Our farm will soon observe an anniversary that we would rather not think about. On July 27, 2012, a spray plane applied a mix of three pesticides to a field adjacent to our vegetable and poultry farm. The flyer left the nozzles on as they flew over...
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Success: Historic Investments Made in Climate and Clean Energy
A major clean energy investment was recently made by American leaders that could provide an important win in the battle against the climate crisis. Applaud this essential eco-conscious commitment.
Don’t Price Diabetics Out of Healthcare
Sky-high insulin prices are endangering the health and financial stability of diabetic Americans. Legislators have already failed once to rein in costs. Demand they take immediate action to correct their latest failure of the people they...
Stop Breeding Beagles for Poisonous and Deadly Experiments
Horrible breeding farms are pumping out canine test subjects for equally grotesque experimentation. Call for reform that will rein in this legalized animal cruelty.
Unexplained Mysteries
Escaped alpacas spark Loch Ness Monster sightings
Photographs of a long-necked animal in Loch Ness have been doing the rounds, but not everything is as it seems. Back in the early 20th Century, a grou...
Car thief hides from police inside giant teddy bear
Keen to avoid arrest, one inventive 18-year-old decided to cram his entire body inside a large stuffed toy. According to a recent report by Greater Ma...
Maya may have played ball games with the ashes of their cremated rulers
Researchers believe that the ashes of cremated Maya rulers were used to create rubber balls used in ballgames. The peculiar claim comes courtesy of ar...
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NASA’s Citizen Science Program Continues to Grow: 19 New Grants Awarded
Citizen scientists from NASA’s HamSCI citizen science project at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama Left to right: Simal Sami, Alex Calderon, Cuong Nguyen, Francis Tholley, Diego Sanchez, Shaaf Sarwar and Veronica...
Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape
Portal origin URL: Hubble Peers at Celestial CloudscapePortal origin nid: 481920Published: Friday, August 12, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA...
NASA Transfers Landsat 9 Satellite to USGS to Monitor Earth’s Changes
Portal origin URL: NASA Transfers Landsat 9 Satellite to USGS to Monitor Earth’s ChangesPortal origin nid: 482000Published: Thursday, August 11, 2022 - 16:07Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA transferred...
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