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Global Weirding. This is a remix of the Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5), the most comprehensive report on climate change ever produced.

Global Weirding

The report is dense. Stacked it is about half a meter tall. Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously. Big cats like boxes too.

Populations

How life begins in the deep ocean - Tierney Thys. There’s arsenic in your rice — and here’s how it got there. Photo by Shutterstock.

There’s arsenic in your rice — and here’s how it got there

Rice. It’s just one of the basics, right? Whether eaten on its own, or in products like pastas or cereal, this inexpensive and healthy food is a staple for Asian and Latino communities, as well as the growing number of people looking to avoid gluten. Here’s the bad news (cue Debbie Downer sound effect): The food most of us think we have more or less locked down is shockingly high in arsenic.

Biodiversity

Environmentalism. Symbiotic relationships. Predator-prey videos.