Medical waste is sorted outside Bangalore, India.

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Barley and hops means more bumps and itching, according to a recent study that says mosquitoes prefer to bite beer drinkers.

Happy as a pigweed in GMOs. Appropriately named superweed takes over a soybean field. Photo by Pawpaw67 via Flickr

The Organic Center, a research institute focused on the science of organic food and farming, recently revealed concerns for the state of the food industry and agriculture.

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The Cryosat-2 is a satellite launched by the European Space Agency to study the state of polar ice with cutting edge tech. But what's to be done with such a satellite's advanced radar altimeter and data collection capabilities when it's not over the poles?

You don't need to understand Swedish to get the gist of this ad, which is causing some troubled reaction in Sweden - a beautiful young mom (or caretaker) in a light-fi

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Decades ago, when chemists were churning out new discove

The Utah prairie dog. Photo by Dean Biggins, U.S. Geological Survey.

Guest blogger NaturallySavvy.com is dedicated to natural and organic living.

Plague once struck mortal fear in humans, but it's a thing of the past, right?

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Moisturizing cleanser. Gorgeous hair -- voluminous or silky, curly or straight, maybe even colored; a little primping with product to get it just right. Cover up that bit of a blemish. A delicate scent. If you are of the female persuasion, add on shiny eyes, glossy lips, a bit of a blush. Ready to conquer the world!

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Spare a thought for the bastard gumwood tree (commidendrum rotundifolium). It's the last of a dying breed, and one of the rarest plant species in the world. It is grown on the tiny island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic.

Over the past months, stories on animal cruelty and the downsides of eating animal products have put the subject of going vegan on the table perhaps like never before.