Stellar warming will turn Earth into Venus (eventually)
Assuming life on Earth survives humanity’s fossil-fuel binge (it probably will), it will nonetheless inevitably be doomed by climate change of even-more-epic proportions. We’re talking...
Author: John Upton
Wasted food is a huge climate problem
If wasted food became its own pungent country, it would be the world’s third biggest contributor to climate change. The United Nations Food and Agriculture...
There’s arsenic in your rice, but don’t worry about it, says FDA
Whenever you eat rice, a prevalent but poisonous element is all over your meal like, well, white on rice. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration...
Farm kills millions of bees with illegal pesticide spraying, gets slap on wrist
A huge Florida citrus farm is being fined by state officials for poisoning millions of honeybees to death — but it’s not being fined very...
To avoid diabetes, eat fruit, don’t drink fruit juice
Another study has shown that fruit is good for you. Just be sure to eat it in solid form. Research published Thursday in the British Medical Journal analyzed...
U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year
Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately — and we’re paying through the nose for them. The federal government forked out...