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L.A. Gone Wild

Take a tour of the astonishing urban ecology amongst the concrete.

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Nicola Twilley on Jonathan Gold

How an obsessive appetite helped a food writer make sense of a city.

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Finding Tarzan at the Sanitation Department

The Center for Land Use Interpretation and Nicola Twilley peel back the layers of living history on the streets of Los Angeles.

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Superb Idea: The Bee Station

Due to the disastrous decline in their population, the remaining bees are overworked. Check out this new design for bees to nest, rest, and refuel.

Intermission: Sad Stuff on the Street

Look at some of the saddest objects on city streets around the world, read the break-up story behind the collection, and then submit your own photos.

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Ancient People Are Still Awesome: Centuries-Old Japanese Tsunami Warning Markers Saved Lives

In Aneyoshi, the wisdom of their ancestors saved the lives of the tiny village's inhabitants. Other towns ignored these warnings and weren't so lucky.

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Since 1995, GOP Congresspeople Have Received More Than $5 Million in Farm Subsidies

Democrats have received less than a tenth of that. But the debate over farm subsidies is complicated.

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Would It Cost You $2,500 to Grow Chard in Your Neighborhood?

Oakland urban agriculture hero Novella Carpenter was just busted for growing chard. A new interactive map shows you what's legal in your community.

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Meet Michael, Google's Auto-Completer

See what it takes to auto-complete searches for Google's users, and then apply to be an auto-completer yourself—Google is hiring!

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Spider Webs and the Battle Over Federal Caffeine Limits

One hundred years ago, the predecessor of the FDA had no data on how caffeine affects humans. Unbelievably, the same is pretty much true today.

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GOOD Challenge Update: Apparently I Can't Give Up Processed Foods

I tried to not eat industrially processed food for a month. I failed. Should I blame poor planning, kakonomics, or faux-nostalgic Culinary Luddites?

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U.S. Obesity Epidemic Now Requiring Fatter Crash Test Dummies

The super-sizing of all forms of American transit continues apace, in response to the country's obesity epidemic.

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Dietary Supplements: The End of the Minibar, Paper or Plastic, and More

Latte art and ethanol earmarks feature in our daily round-up of news and links from GOOD Food HQ.

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Feast Your Eyes: Radioactive Wasabi

Japanese authorities update the list of contaminated foods while the FDA tests produce at U.S. ports.

Stunning Specimens from the Underappreciated World of Airport Carpet Design

The hidden stories woven beneath our feet, and how the war on terror has turned airport carpets into an endangered species.

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Study: Going to Church Makes You Fat (UPDATED)

Scientists knew there was a correlation between religious involvement and obesity, but this new study proves the relationship is causal.

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Genetically Modified Cows Produce "Human" Milk

China's scientists have genetically modified cows to produce "human" milk. Why?