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That was Then. This is Now.

That was Then. This is Now.

The newly opened Center for PostNatural History in Pittsburgh is the first museum that seeks to catalog man-made biological organisms. The man behind the museum is not a scientist, but an artist, one member of a growing DIY community that is exploring–and making–a new meaning of life as we know it.
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Sage Launches Partnership with PolicyMic: Take Part in Our Sponsored Debate on Arctic Drilling!

Sage Launches Partnership with PolicyMic: Take Part in Our Sponsored Debate on Arctic Drilling!

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Citizens’ Summit to Address Sustainability

Citizens’ Summit to Address Sustainability

A major summit to transform the prospects for sustainability in the United States and Canada will take place on March 24 and 25 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

The US/Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development will …

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Multimedia: Take a Tour of the Center for PostNatural History

Multimedia: Take a Tour of the Center for PostNatural History

Watch a series of audio slideshows accompanying Jonathan Minard's story on The Center for PostNatural History.
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Ecosystems, Oceans

Sage Briefs: Wrong Place, Wrong Clime–Will Marine Sanctuaries Falter as Temperatures Rise?

Sage Briefs: Wrong Place, Wrong Clime–Will Marine Sanctuaries Falter as Temperatures Rise?

he golden promise of marine protected areas – ocean swaths set aside for the management of natural and cultural marine resources – may prove empty by mid-century. As global climate warms, so does ocean temperature, forcing species habitats pole-ward. Marine …

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No Easy Task: Bringing Solar to the Bottom of the Pyramid

No Easy Task: Bringing Solar to the Bottom of the Pyramid

Look at a satellite photo of the Earth at night. Some parts of the planet blaze with light, but much of the globe--home to more than a third of the world's population--is still in the dark. Ainsley Lloyd reports from Ghana on the challenges entrepreneurs are facing as they try to ensure energy access for all.
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