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McDonald's chicken will soon be antibiotic-free

The fast-food chain will source chicken that hasn't been given unnecessary antibiotics, and will also offer hormone-free milk.




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Chipotle's food is GMO-free, starting now

The restaurant chain known for sourcing free-range meats and organic ingredients ups its game by sourcing GMO-free ingredients.




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Parents, 'No loud children allowed' policies are about you, not your kids

A California restaurant asks families with loud children to leave.




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What are those white stripes on raw chicken?

If chicken breasts are your go-to lean protein, you may want to avoid this poultry defect.




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Future archaeologists will remember us by the chicken bones we left behind

Researchers suggest our most lasting legacy will be chicken bones.



  • Research & Innovations

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Why our chickens and our spinach need GPS trackers

Chickens with ankle monitors and spinach with trackers can tell consumers a lot about their food — including whether it's tainted.




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Why dark sky tourism is catching on

We chat with astrotourism specialist Valerie Stimac, and author of 'Dark Skies,' about the best places to gaze into the beauty of the heavens.




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The best skywatching moments of January

From a wolf moon eclipse to multiple SpaceX Starlink launches, here's what not to miss in the January 2020 night sky.




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Too much TV is bad for your health, and older people are watching it more than ever

Older people are watching more television than ever — about 4.5 hours a day — and more than any other group.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Farmers use vending machines to sell produce

In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling fresh, local produce from vending machines.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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U.S. energy chief Steven Chu to step down

The Berkeley-trained, Nobel-winning physicist is planning a return to academia as well as California, but says he'll stay on at the DOE for a few more weeks.




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New DOE chief: Climate change 'not debatable'

In his first week on the job, new U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz makes it clear he sees 'no ambiguity' about the scientific consensus on global warming.




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How Green Chimneys gives special needs students and their families hope for the future

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like a therapeutic residential facility that supports 250 students and 200 animals.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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China's Singles Day shopping spree leaves a trail of waste behind

Popular online shopping holiday produces billions of dollars in sales — and billions of boxes in the trash.




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China has stopped accepting recycling from other nations — and that's a problem

China will turn away 24 types of recyclable material imported from the U.S. and other countries due to concerns over contamination.




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Now that China doesn't want it, our plastic is piling up

Several months into China's ban on most waste imports, a new study paints a sobering yet optimistic view of how we need to handle our plastic.




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Scientists turn frog cells into living machines

Xenobots are hybrids of living frog cells and machinery — a unique hybrid of organic and inorganic parts that can power themselves.



  • Research & Innovations

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Should you wash your chicken?

Julia Child and food safety experts disagree on whether you should wash raw chicken before cooking it.




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Meet Lindsay Carrick, child life specialist

By playing and joking with young patients, Carrick makes going to the hospital a little less scary.




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A record number of condor chicks hatched in the Southwest this year

California condors hatch at Zion and Grand Canyon national parks, pushing their numbers beyond 500.




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Why we can't stop watching the Decorah eagles

The bald eagles of the Decorah and Decorah North nests in Iowa are the stars of two webcams that let us follow along with their daily drama.




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Rough flu season for chickens

From January 1 to January 14, chicken noodle soup orders increased 35 percent over January 2012.




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The Gesundheit machine wants your flu germs

Dr. Don Milton's Gesundheit machine collects the breath exhaled by a sick person so researchers can study how viruses are spread.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Blizzard rips off part of Wrigley Field roof in Chicago

Extreme winds have damaged the roof over the Wrigley Field press box in addition to other buildings in the area.



  • Climate & Weather

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China's 6 most pressing environmental concerns

Terrible environmental conditions and an unyielding government has put China in dire danger of poisoning its enormous population and the land around it.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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When chimpanzees leave research labs, they often find a home at Chimp Haven

Chimp Haven sanctuary has new open-air corral for climbing, playing and exploring.




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Meet Shigeru Ban, architect for the people

This year's Pritzker Prize winner, Shigeru Ban, brings sustainable, innovative architecture to disaster zones in the form of resilient paper-based structures.




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Financial decision-maker sentiment: China

An ongoing look at how the attitudes of financial decision makers in China are evolving during the COVID-19 pandemic.



  • Insights on Financial Services

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How COVID-19 is reshaping China’s medtech industry

With COVID-19 accelerating the underlying trends in China’s medtech industry, new business models are likely to emerge.




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Dwight Eisenhower: Lessons from the ‘balancer in chief’

William I. Hitchcock, author of The Age of Eisenhower, explains how Dwight D. Eisenhower inspired his country and led Americans through times of uncertainty and radical change.




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How a hospice in Wales is memorializing children with birdsong

A Wales hospice honors children by memorializing their names in birdsong.




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Why approaching comet ATLAS is so bright (and how you can see it)

The celestial object C/2019 Y4 or ATLAS may be visible to the naked eye by May. It was only just discovered in 2019.




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What you need to know about your child's teeth

Common questions parents aren’t asking their dentist about their children's teeth and gums, but should be.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Film Debut Honors the Journeys of Childhood Cancer Survivors

‘Moments of Joy’ highlights Aflac’s near-25-year commitment to raising awareness for childhood cancer while addressing the challenges kids face.




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Mom creates artistic masterpieces out of healthy food for her children

Laleh Mohmedi transforms her young child's meals into memorable cartoon characters as a way to encourage healthy eating.




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Catching up on green jobs news

The NAACP on the green economy, a CEO search at Veterans Green Jobs, and Indiana's green jobs future.




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Will children really grow horns from too much phone use?

A study about phones giving kids horns stirs some good old-fashioned moral panic.




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Feeling connected to nature makes children happier, too

Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.




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How Walmart is reaching for the sun

Walmart is making big strides when it comes to renewable energy.




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Wood chips wean Middlebury from foreign oil

Hi-tech biomass gassification plant will cut Middlebury College's CO2 emissions by 40 percent.



  • Research & Innovations

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Atlanta to Appalachia: My unlikely journey from urban gridlock to country living

How embracing a serene, rural lifestyle has taught me to use a chainsaw, ride a pickup and get off my blood pressure medication.




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Atlanta to Appalachia: My wife has decided we're going to be chicken farmers

Atlanta to Appalachia columnist Benyamin Cohen and his wife prepare for the arrival of their first chicks — and the wide new world of raising chickens.




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Are we up for the task for raising chickens?

We tracked the journey of our new chicks online as they made their way across state lines and to their new home — our home — in West Virginia.




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Searching for aliens in the town with no WiFi

Green Bank, West Virginia. is literally one of the quietest places in America, the perfect place for scientists to listen for E.T.



  • Research & Innovations

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Our chicken just laid a $7,000 egg

After all the time and money we've spent setting up this luxury chicken coop, this is by far the most expensive egg we'll ever eat.




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Coping with our first real chicken emergency

Our first fowl emergency was truly a lesson in home healthcare.




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Scientists search for heat-resistent breeds of chickens to withstand climate change. Is that accepting defeat?

Climate change could affect our food supply at the same time that global population is increasing.



  • Climate & Weather

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U.S. puts an end to all experiments on chimps

After decades of testing, agency says 50 remaining chimps will be retired to a sanctuary.




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Sea urchins can see just fine with their feet

Sea urchins have light-sensitive cells on their feet that give them low-resolution vision. But for an animal with no eyes, that ability does the trick.




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Can you 'unspoil' a child?

It's possible to unspoil a spoiled child, but it's not an easy process. A psychologist offers five ways to try to do it.