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How to talk to kids about climate changeThe climate crisis can be frightening, but it’s important that kids understand what’s happening and how they can help.
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How can schools reopen safely? Here’s what an epidemiologist suggestsVaccines, masking, temperature checks, plexiglass? Here’s what’s effective, and what’s not worth the effort, when it comes to slowing the spread of COVID-19 in schools.
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Soccer fans can now eat their coffee cupsThe cookie-based cups now available at Manchester City’s stadium should stay crispy for half the duration of a soccer game.
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When we talk about emissions, we need to talk more about methaneMethane traps 80 times more heat than CO2, so eliminating it first would buy us more time to cut the rest of emissions.
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Why this public health expert has given up on the idea that we will ever eliminate COVID-19In an ideal world, completely eliminating COVID-19 is what all countries would aim to do. But now that the pandemic has evolved, the approach makes less sense.
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Bird doubles down on its e-bike expansion with a new bike you can buyThe scooter company recently added shared e-bikes to its lineup. Now it’s selling a new model directly to consumers, to capitalize on the e-bike boom.
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This famous chef made her restaurants meat-free. But soon she’ll be putting ‘cell-cultured’ chicken on the menuMichelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn made news when she took beef, chicken, and pork out of her restaurants. Now science is letting her bring it back.
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These probiotics for coral could help save the reefsSome helpful bacteria can help coral survive higher ocean temperatures. The trick is getting it to the reefs in the first place.
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Watch Pope Francis’ new pro-vaccine PSA: Getting vaccinated is “an act of love”The campaign, featuring the Pope and six cardinals and archbishops from different countries, calls on people to think about themselves as “members of the great human family,” and says it’s a “moral responsibility” to get vaccinated.
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When will Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine recipients get a booster?The government announced plans for people who got the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. The people who chose a one-and-done option are still in the dark.
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These 3D-printed bike lanes are designed to sit underneath bridgesInstead of redesigning bridges to fit bikes, what it we just added extra bike lanes below them?
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Sustainable bank Aspiration is going public via a SPACThe company, which offers services like buying offsets when you buy gas and using the money from rounded-up purchases to plant trees, will be valued at $2.3 billion.
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A sense of belonging is what drives well-being—and it’s disappearingOur social connectedness drives our happiness; after more than a year of social isolation, there’s a clear opportunity for brands that can build belonging.
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Your Waze map will now show you restaurants that are selling discounted leftover foodWaze has partnered with the app Too Good To Go to let drivers reserve “surprise bags” of food that would otherwise be thrown away.
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The IPCC report is an urgent call to action to the business communityCompanies must act. Here’s how they can do it authentically instead of just “goalwashing.”
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Lab-grown meat isn’t “plant based”—but is it “vegan”?Food technology is evolving. Our language needs to evolve with it.
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Extreme heat is turning prisons into ovensAs climate change causes soaring temperatures, people in poorly ventilated U.S. prisons are suffering. The problem will only get worse, and the solutions—air conditioning, retrofits, decarceration—aren’t happening nearly fast enough.
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Map: Where extreme heat will put outdoor workers at the greatest riskAs temperatures heat up, jobs like fruit picking and construction will become more dangerous on the hottest days.
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There are now lab-grown mouse-meat cookies for catsPet food uses some of the worst meat, and creating a market for it helps keep industrial agriculture afloat. So why should humans eat all the cultured meat?
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3 ways to lead like your corporate climate pledge means somethingTo be sure that corporate sustainability pledges are more than empty promises, we need to see a bit more walking and a bit less talking from business leaders.
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