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Could GMO apples taint the fruit's good reputation?

A GMO apple won't brown when exposed to oxygen, but apple growers aren't thrilled.




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What will the USDA's new label do to mandatory GMO labeling efforts?

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.




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Let's feed people instead of landfills

USDA and EPA aim to cut food waste in half. But how will they get that food to the hungry?




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Sugar gets called out in 2016 dietary guidelines (and meat, we're watching you)

New dietary guidelines put a limit on added sugar, and changed their tune on dietary cholesterol. Good news for egg lovers.




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You're about to know a lot less about the meat you eat

The government no longer requires Country of Origin Labeling on meat, and the USDA has rescinded a grass-fed beef label.




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'Sell By' and 'Best if Used By' labels could help consumers

The USDA is asking makers of meat, dairy and egg products to stop using "sell by" and "use by" dates and adopt a universal "best if used by" label.




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The USDA's sunny GMO labels don't shine enough light on actual ingredients

The new USDA label for "bioengineered food" doesn't answer basic questions that some shoppers will have about genetically modified foods.




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New GMO label rules don't use the term GMO

USDA releases final rules for GMOs in our food, but they call them bioengineered foods instead. Here's what you need to know.




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Satellites reveal just how fast world's ice is melting

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 1



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Greenland's ice slips away as 'superglacial' lakes drain to the sea

As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into



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Greenland's ice sheet melt breaks 30-year record

On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new researc



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Sea levels could rise more than 3 feet by 2100, according to new study

Scientists say the consequences of sea-level rise could be 'horrible.'



  • Climate & Weather

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Antarctica glacier's retreat 'unprecedented'

Pine Island Glacier holds back part of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose thinning ice is contributing to sea level rise.



  • Climate & Weather

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North Pole 'lake' vanishes

The melting was part of an annual summer thaw, typical in size and timing for the season.



  • Climate & Weather

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Climate 'refugee' seeks asylum in New Zealand

Could the plight of one Kiribati family foreshadow a future inundated with climate-change castaways?



  • Climate & Weather

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Antarctic ice 'cork' melting could lead to unstoppable sea rise

If a small chunk of ice currently plugging the edge of an ice sheet in Antarctica were to melt, it could release massive amounts of ice into the ocean.



  • Climate & Weather

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Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet has 'passed the point of no return'

The catastrophic collapse of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet is underway.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Arctic sea ice 'thinning dramatically'

Arctic sea ice — the ice that freezes and floats on Arctic waters — is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Climate change doesn't exist in Florida, apparently

One of the states most at risk from climate change has reportedly banned officials from using the phrase 'climate change.'



  • Climate & Weather

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Nigeria's shining city upon an ocean

Eko Atlantic will be the modern face of Nigeria, for better or for worse.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Rising sea levels will slow down Earth's rotation

Longer days are yet another profound consequence of global warming.



  • Climate & Weather

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Washington, D.C.'s winning 'Memorial for the Future' is as sobering as it is beautiful

Climate Chronograph is a memorial that sinks as sea levels rise.



  • Arts & Culture

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Polar bears are walking on an ever-faster 'treadmill' of ice

Increased sea ice drift forces polar bears to expend more energy walking on a fast-moving 'treadmill' of sea ice.



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Antarctic ice loss has tripled in the last 5 years, and here's why that matters

Antarctica ice loss was only contributing 0.2 millimeters per year to sea level rise, but that number has jumped to 0.6 millimeters since 2012.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Rising seas are swallowing Scotland's Stone Age ruins

Stone Age villages on the Orkney Islands are older than Stonehenge, but archaeologists fear that they won't be around for much longer.



  • Climate & Weather

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Florida's Egmont Key, home to wildlife and a wild history, is disappearing under rising seas

Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge is rich with wildlife and history — and it's under siege from the waters that surround it. And it's only to get worse.



  • Climate & Weather

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5 baby items you really don't need

You know those baby registry lists you get in the mail when someone slips those retailers the news that you’re expecting? You’ll find everything from Exersa



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Jessica Alba to write 'The Honest Life'

Work will be a how-to handbook based on her mission of 'creating a natural, authentic, and nontoxic life' for her family.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Babies know what's boring, study finds

New research explains why babies lose interest when they see something that seems simple.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Kate Middleton's baby registry to benefit charity?

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is reportedly being swamped with gifts from all around the world — including companies looking to score the benefit



  • Arts & Culture

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Hidden dangers in your baby's nursery [Infographic]

Make sure your new baby's room is safe and healthy for the whole family with these quick and easy tips.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Pregnant women, infants shouldn't drink raw milk, pediatricians say

Pregnant women, infants and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious, life-threatening illnesses.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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For kids' eating habits, preferences start at birth

Researchers find that breastfed children were exposed to more food flavors and were therefore more likely to be healthier eaters than their non-breastfed peers.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Stunning belly art reveals baby inside her mom's body

A photographer, a body painter, and a pregnant woman team up to show what it looks like inside the womb.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Pregnant women can't do anything anymore

New study says pregnant women should think twice about taking acetaminophen as it may cause behavioral issues later on. But read deeper and the story changes.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Moms, where's the weirdest place you've ever pumped breastmilk?

Nursing mom becomes breastfeeding hero by pumping during a half marathon.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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Just because your baby is crying doesn't mean you should feed her, research says

Parents may be teaching babies to use food as a comfort, which leads to obesity later in life, studies show. But as a parent, I'm not buying it.



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Trying to conceive? The do's and don'ts to boosting fertility

There are a number of things you can do that will not only boost your fertility but also help ensure that you're in tip-top condition.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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In your dreams: 'Nightmare on Elm Street' house selling for $2.1M

Following a gut rehab, an L.A. homeowner is selling the place where Freddy Krueger met his match for the first, but certainly not the last, time.



  • Remodeling & Design

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America's oldest indoor shopping mall to be reborn as mixed-use micro-loft complex

In the biggest city in America's smallest state, comes a micro-apartment complex that aims to revive a struggling 19th-century indoor shopping center.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Hank Butitta's magical school bus-to-tiny home tour [Video]

Follow architecture grad Hank Butitta as he traverses the country in one heck of a Craigslist find: A $3,000 school bus transformed into a mobile tiny home.



  • Remodeling & Design

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'Advanced camping' in a school bus-turned-tiny house [Video]

Max, in exchange for a bit of household help, resides part-time on his elderly mother's rural property in a converted school bus.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Romney's neighbor-irking redevelopment project in La Jolla is a go

Despite local opposition, Mitt Romney is given the green light to raze his existing beachfront home in La Jolla, Calif. and replace it with a ginormous mansion.




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Preservation work to begin on Buckminster Fuller's dome-shaped digs

Naturally, the man responsible for the geodesic dome also lived in one. Now, Bucky's landmark 1960 structure will be restored and opened as a museum.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Inside the micro-apartments of America's oldest indoor shopping mall

Indie retail and urban downsizing collide at this smart example of adaptive reuse that breathes new life into a historic shopping center.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Paris proposes $318M facelift for Eiffel Tower

An Olympic bid is as good a reason as any for the Parisian architectural landmark to get all gussied up.



  • Arts & Culture

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You could buy this 370-year-old log cabin ...

The 17th century New Jersey abode comes with a gazebo, 4-car garage and a couple named Harry and Doris.




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Rise, fall and rebirth: The mission to save Atlanta's largest building

Photographer Blake Burton chronicles the extensive work of restoring a historic Sears, Roebuck & Co. building.




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Denver's bike-sharing program may be unconstitutional, says candidate for governor

Is Denver's B-Cycle program nothing but a form of U.N. control of the city? The Mayoral Republican gubernatorial frontrunner thinks so.




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13-year-old to address U.N. on need for trees

German tree-planting advocate brings his Stop talking. Start planting message to the United Nations.