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What’s it Like to Attend a Climate Denial Conference? A Minute-by-Minute Rundown

“The Day of Examining the Data” kicked off with a press conference. Here’s how it went down.

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“Planetary” Reminds Us That to Save Life on This Planet, Humans Will Need to Get Over Themselves

Director Guy Reid couples breathtaking footage from around the globe (and beyond) with interviews with philosophers, astronauts, environmentalists, cosmologists, and activists.

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Reflect

Paris Climate Summit: Why More Women Need Seats at the Table

Collective intelligence rises with the number of women in a group.

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Reflect

Want to Do Something Good for Your Health? Try Being Generous

Our initial findings provide some of the strongest evidence to date that daily decisions related to engaging in financial generosity can have causal benefits for physical health.

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Crab Invasions, Tropical Visitors, and Massive Marine Die-Offs. What’s Going On in the Pacific?

Mass die-offs in the Pacific are sending the emaciated bodies of seabirds, seals, and sea lions ashore from California to Alaska.

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Monsanto Knowingly Polluted SF Bay with Toxic PCBs, Now Oakland Faces Billion Dollar Cleanup

Oakland city attorney says the chemical giant “chose profits over people, and American cities and citizens are still suffering the consequences.”

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New Study Shows Antarctic Melting at Unstoppable Tipping Point

“What we call the eternal ice of Antarctica, unfortunately, turns out not to be eternal at all,” says the lead author of a new study.

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Sum: The Totality of Our Lives

A film based on the work of neuroscientist and writer David Eagleman.

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Change

Entire UC System to Go Carbon-Neutral

What does it look like when a university decides to walk the walk on climate change? The University of California is about to find out.

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Reflect

How Fishing Subsidies are Emptying our Oceans

Fish numbers are rapidly dwindling globally.