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Uber driver driving a logo branded car (Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Uber, Lyft are not eco-friendly: study

Nicole Karlis
Climate activists protest Chase Bank's continued funding of the fossil fuel industry by setting up a tripod-blockade in midtown Manhattan. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Economists warn of climate crisis threat

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
(Getty Images/istockphoto)

Future of humanity: smaller families

Carter Dillard - Independent Media Institute
(emneves/Getty Images)

The future of North American winters

Olivia Box - Massive Science
(Tanya Punti, via Shutterstock)

"On a knife edge"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
A picture taken on July 4, 2019 shows bees collecting nectar on a sunflower in a field in Weisskirchen, Germany. (Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images)

How "bee-washing" misleads consumers

Lila Westreich - The Conversation
Debris lies around a damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on September 10, 2019 in Grand Bahama, Bahamas. The official death toll has risen in the time since to 50 people, but authorities have cautioned that number is likely to rise significantly as workers make their way through the ruins. (Alejandro Granadillo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How the next recession will start

Igor Derysh
(Chalisa Thammapatanakul/EyeEm/Getty Images)

How accurate is "edutainment"?

Dan Garisto - Undark
(Enzo Brandi/EyeEm/Getty Images)

Virtual explosions, blur of reality

Sherry Turkle - MIT Press Reader
Aboriginal stencil art in Carnarvon Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia. (Peter Unger/Getty Images)

The meandering path of human evolution

M.R. O'Connor - Undark
The sun sets over a fishing pier at Columbia Beach in Shady Side, Maryland, January 2, 2020. (Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump declares war on the Chesapeake Bay

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Joyce Daubert and her son Jason in front of Joyce’s home in Ramona, California. (Ariana Drehsler/Undark)

Daubert: science enters the courtroom

Peter Andrey Smith - Undark
An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Quarantines, face masks and fear

Anna Almendrala - KFF Health News
(STR/AFP Photo/China OUT/Getty Images)

Fireflies: on the road to extinction

Anthony Warmack - Massive Science
Tens of thousands of marchers participate in a Fridays for Future climate protest on February 21, 2020 in Hamburg, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

"Where are you, USA?"

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
(Getty/RuslanDashinsky)

Doula: key to curbing maternal mortality

Sofia Quaglia - Truthout
Xavier Becerra (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez))

California bureau takes on polluters

Yvette Cabrera - Grist
(Getty Images)

Pentagon: warming will cause conflicts

Michael Klare - The Conversation
Deer are seen in a field on October 10, 2019 in Winterset, Iowa. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Wildlife policy for the 21st century

Elyse DeFranco - Undark
The Aye-aye. (javarman3/Getty Images)

The aye-aye's bizarre sixth digit

Adam Hartstone‐Rose - The Conversation
Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California on December 9, 2017. Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

How wildfires threaten water supplies

François-Nicolas Robinne, Dennis W. Hallema, Kevin D. Bladon - The Conversation
Flowers of Gundelia (Gundelia tournefortii) (Zeynel Cebeci / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA )

The battle over a humble plant

Shira Rubin - Undark
This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

"Surprised, no. Disgusted, yes"

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Sharing a reusable water bottle (Getty Images)

On water bottle separation anxiety

Nicole Karlis
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