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    June 11, 2018
    A customer who skipped the lid but not the straw -- she said she usually carries a glass straw -- at Cafe Grumpy, in New York, May 9, 2018. In many quarters, the ubiquitous plastic straw has suddenly become a pariah for the harm it can do to the environment, and some cities, including Seattle and Malibu, Calif. (Stephen Speranza/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    SeaWorld, Ikea and Royal Caribbean are getting rid of plastic straws and bags
    Less than two weeks after a pilot whale died off Thailand with 80 plastic bags in its stomach, three major companies - SeaWorld, Ikea and Royal...
    news/science-and-natureJune 11, 2018 - 11:18am
    June 6, 2018
    Lava from the Kilauea volcano flows through the Malama-Ki Forest Reserve as it approaches Kapoho-Kalapana Road on Hawaii’s Big Island, Pahoa, Hawaii.. (Tamir Kalifa/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    River of lava destroys hundreds of homes in Hawaii, including one owned by mayor, officials say
    The molten lava on the island of Hawaii has destroyed what officials said may be hundreds of homes, including a vacation home of the island's...
    news/science-and-natureJune 6, 2018 - 7:31am
    June 4, 2018
    Volcano erupts in Guatemala, killing at least 25, injuring dozens more, officials say
    A volcano erupted in Guatemala Sunday, June 3, spewing ash and sending streams of lava into rural areas, where at least 25 people were reportedly killed, according to the Associated Press and local officials.
    news/science-and-natureJune 4, 2018 - 7:23am
    June 1, 2018
    Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk, shown outside his office in Mammoth, Wyo., in 2013. Photo for The Washington Post by Erik Petersen
    Facing reassignment under Trump, top Yellowstone official instead retires
    A highly respected National Park Service executive who engineered the reopening of the Statue of Liberty after the 2001 terrorist attacks and...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 1, 2018 - 12:39pm
    May 21, 2018
    A copy of “Mein Kampf” on display at the Documentation Center in Nuremburg, Germany, Nov. 4, 201(Russ Juskalian/Copyright 2018 The New York Times) play button
    Scientists say Hitler died in WWII; tell that to 'Adolf Schüttelmayor' and the Nazi moon base
    After completing what they say is the first examination of Adolf Hitler's remains since World War II, a team of researchers has announced that...
    news/worldMay 21, 2018 - 12:21pm
    May 17, 2018
    Refrigerators at a dump in New Orleans. Reported in 2018, government scientists have detected an increase in emissions of an outlawed industrial gas that destroys ozone, potentially slowing progress in restoring the atmosphere’s protective ozone layer. (Vincent Laforet/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect
    Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the rise, a group of scientists reported Wednesday, May 16, suggesting someone may be...
    news/worldMay 17, 2018 - 9:31pm
    051718.N.DNT.FluShotC -- Michael Osterholm
    Flu vaccine spending not enough, Minnesota researcher says
    A recent conversation between philanthropist Bill Gates and President Donald Trump is lending hope to those who want the federal government...
    news/science-and-natureMay 17, 2018 - 8:38pm
    May 7, 2018
    From left: UMD students Emily Hartman, Christopher Little and Jubran Jindeel drag for ticks at a farm in Iron River in the summer of 2017. Photo by Ben Clarke.
    Duluth Lyme disease researcher seeks public's input
    DULUTH—Benjamin Clarke's bank doesn't make loans, and it doesn't have a drive-through window. He does want deposits, although he's a bit...
    news/science-and-natureMay 7, 2018 - 7:49pm
    April 30, 2018
    The steam phase of Steamboat Geyser in 2014. National Park Service
    A Yellowstone geyser has experienced unusual eruptions lately, and scientists can't explain why
    The Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park can spout 300 feet of scalding water into the air, a feature of the world's tallest active...
    news/science-and-natureApril 30, 2018 - 11:14am
    April 22, 2018
    Food in the garbage. USDA photo via Flickr.
    Americans waste about a quarter of the food they buy, and the environmental consequences are staggering
    The mass quantities of food Americans waste every year has staggering environmental consequences, according to a study published Wednesday, April...
    lifestyle/foodApril 22, 2018 - 10:52am
    March 16, 2018
    The city motto for Little Falls, Minn., is, "The Town Where the Mississippi Pauses." It pauses more often in the winter when some of the flow is slowed by freezing temperatures that turn some of the Mississippi River into ice. Aviator Charles Lindbergh was from Little Falls and tours are offered of his boyhood home. Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson
    Taming the mighty Mississippi: Troubles run deep in changing national waterway
    ALONG THE RIVER - The Mississippi runs the spine of America, touching 10 states and draining waters from 21 more, a vast waterway with a rich...
    news/science-and-natureMarch 16, 2018 - 10:59am
    A problem the rest of the country shares with Toys R Us: Not enough babies
    There are endless reasons a big box toy store would collapse during a retail apocalypse - and Toys R Us acknowledged a number of them in its...
    business/retailMarch 16, 2018 - 10:51am
    March 14, 2018
    Monsanto Company logo from Wikimedia Commons.
    Monsanto's cancer fight judge pictures weed killer showers
    Picture Iowa farmers bathing in Roundup weed killer. That was a federal judge's takeaway after seeing slides that "sort of seared into my brain"...
    business/agricultureMarch 14, 2018 - 11:12am
    Monsanto Company logo from Wikimedia Commons.
    Monsanto's cancer fight judge pictures weed killer showers
    Picture Iowa farmers bathing in Roundup weed killer. That was a federal judge's takeaway after seeing slides that "sort of seared into my brain"...
    business/agricultureMarch 14, 2018 - 11:12am
    FILE — Stephen Hawking, the physicist and author, at a news conference to announce the space exploration initiative "Breakthrough Starshot" at One World Observatory in lower Manhattan, April 12, 2016. (Karsten Moran/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    'May you keep flying like superman in microgravity': Tributes pour in for physicist Stephen Hawking, dead at 76
    LONDON - Tributes from around the world began to pour in Wednesday for Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, who died age...
    news/science-and-natureMarch 14, 2018 - 6:29am
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