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Trim the Fat, Cut Out Excess

Conservation can actually help you lose weight. Who would have known? Oh right, that’s why environmentalists often refer to consumption as a bad thing. A while back, Yahoo’s featured article broke the news that people who live in suburbs tend to be fatter than those who inhabit cities. Apparently, several medical studies have shown that the [...]

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Talk of Global Warming Got You Feeling Sick?

Climate change is nothing to sniff at. That is, unless you’re finding your sinuses a little more stuffed up than usual these days. This week’s Newsweek features an article that explores the link between global warming and increase in allergens. According to Lewis Ziska, a weed ecologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was [...]

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