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To Flush or Not to Flush

What’s the best way to keep drugs out of waterways? Tossing unused pills into the trash may be an environmentally friendlier option than flushing them down the toilet or taking them to a pharmacy for...

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Letting Biodiversity Get under Our Skin

Some aspects of dirty living can be healthy. A new study posits that the decline of plant and animal diversity in cities may be linked to the recent surge of allergies and other chronic inflammatory...

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Into the Wild

Superbug MRSA is infecting wild animals

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An Ecological Whodunit

The title and cover of David Quammen’s newest book would lead one to guess that this consistently brilliant writer has crafted a terrifying tale about how we’re all going to be infected by a microbe...

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Cause of Death

One of the most convincing studies on nature and health found that patients in hospital rooms with views of trees recover more quickly. Making connections to long-term health, however, is tricky. For...

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Particle Falls

Digital artist Andrea Polli has managed to make air pollution visible—and beautiful. To draw attention to the dust, metals, sulfates, and nitrates spewed out by diesel engines and other sources, she...

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Too Many Butts on the Beach

With smokers flicking an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts into the ecosphere each year, it’s time take a tougher stand against the toxin-laden litter.

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Non-Toxic Flame Retardants Made from Milk

New research has shown that milk proteins called caseins, a byproduct of cheese production that normally gets dumped down the sewer, could help make fabrics more flame-retardant.

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Is It Contagious?

Disease can spread from animals to humans—and back again

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The Next Big Thing Is Really Really Small

10 ways the microbial universe could change how we go about saving species, habitats—and even the planet.

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