In the early 1990s, a young Australian chef named Bill Granger had a bright idea: Why not spread avocado on toast?Nearly three decades after that successful experiment, the long and sometimes bizarre history of the avocado has reached a new and potentially controversial turning point -- albeit without the Instagram potential of avocado toast. As climate change threatens the fruit's place on...
Climate change protesters from Extinction Rebellion snarled traffic in Washington on Monday and again on Friday. You might find yourself asking, "Who helps pays for this activism?"The answer, in part, is the scions of some of America's most famous families, including the Kennedys and the Gettys.On Friday, climate protesters marched through parts of downtown Washington, D.C., blocking...
A UN report found that oceans are warming and sea levels rising due to climate change. Solutions to this trend could come from the water...
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is on the top of the funding list for a newly announced round of "Tipping Point" funding from NASA for technologies that could be applied to exploration and settlement of the moon and Mars. Headquartered in Kent, Wash., Blue Origin will be awarded $10 million to conduct a ground-based demonstration of hydrogen and oxygen liquefaction...