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Stories from the Indigenous water crisis

09.06.17

By Victoria Ptashnick and Martha Troian
Pulse

Water Week: A look at Canada’s Indigenous water crisis

09.05.17

By Hilary Beaumont and Martha Troian
Food

This Bottle Turns Air Into Drinking Water

02.03.16

By Alex Swerdloff
Food

The Drinking Water at India’s Train Stations Is Undrinkable

11.18.15

By Nick Rose
This ‘Drinkable Book’ Filters Water Through Its Pages

08.17.15

By Briana Sylvester
Why the Fuck Is This LA Fountain Still Gushing During the Drought?

07.10.14

By Mike Pearl

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A Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean. How Worried Should We Be?

Repairs or just outright cleanup would be expensive, extremely difficult, slow, and, of course, quite dangerous.

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A Fireball Dropped Meteorites Over Texas, and One Punched Through Someone’s Roof

The fallen meteorites sparked a city-wide trasure hunt.

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The Exact Number of Times You Can Clone a Clone Before Things Go Horribly Wrong

For all of its sci-fi promise, cloning, whether it be for agricultural or biotech, may have a ceiling.

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