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Humanity’s Growing Impact on the World’s Freshwater
As the human population has climbed past seven billion, and the...
Apple sells 3 million new iPads worldwide
No sooner than we heard Apple's Fifth Avenue flagship store do crazy numbers — 13,000 in 12 hours, about 18 per minute — the company went official with some "record breaking" launch day sales statistics. Since March 16th (just last Friday) Apple has sold over 3 ...
Scientists use Thoreau’s journal notes to track climate change
Fittingly for a man seen as the first environmentalist, Henry David...
Your last-minute guide to a sustainable Valentine’s Day
With Singles Appreciation Day just around the corner, you’re no doubt looking to Grist to guide you through it in the greenest way possible. Surveys indicate that over three-quarters of Americans find eco-mindedness an attractive quality in a partner, so if you’re ...
Internet Explorer security vulnerability: Dump IE for now, experts say
Hackers have discovered a way to attack computers running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 or 9 on Windows machines, exploiting a critical vulnerability...
Drivers of recalled Toyota Prius and Lexus hybrids advised to monitor...
WASHINGTON — Reacting to Toyota Motor Corp.'s...
Bikes, sunflowers on tap at coal plant event Saturday
A group of local activists has organized a bike ride to...
NSA secretly cracked Internet encryptions
ProPublica, The New York Times and The Guardian have published a story on secret documents that demonstrate the NSA has hacked into computers and broken common encryptions to read multiples types of information online...
Santorum huddles with movement conservatives
Rick Santorum huddled Thursday with a group of conservative leaders led...
Google users sue over changes to privacy policy
California and New York residents have filed two separate lawsuits this...
