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Cut them leaves!

By Jen Graham
NEWS| "Only in California.” For Missourians, this sentiment used to apply to the Golden State’s West-Coast quirks, like the Governator or flip-flops in January. Now they use it snidely in response to a far more sinister oddity: lawn mowers with catalytic converters.

Plastic: unveiling the mystery

By Jen Graham
NEWS| Here you are, dutifully recycling your milk jug on Earth Day, when you realize that you really have no idea what plastic is.

Global warming: smackdown on the skeptics

By Jen Graham
NEWS| Don't let the biking fool you. Many of those cycling students aren't loyal soldiers of a green revolution. Rather, they comprise the rank and file of the "climate change ambivalent.”

When you think global warming, act locally

By Jen Graham
NEWS| “Honk if you’re against genocide.” If you’ve had occasion to pass the intersection of El Camino and Embarcadero over the past several months, you’re likely to have encountered a sign calling for action against the violence in Darfur, Sudan. It’s sometimes held by an elderly woman, once by a middle school girl, but always by someone who makes you feel that you’re a poor user of the First Amendment. The sign tends to spark two reactions in me.

TIME not up with the climate change

By Jen Graham
NEWS| The debate on climate change is "over.” At least, so say the editors of Time magazine, which declared in its April 3, 2006 issue that the earth is now at the tipping point between sustainability and disaster.

Sniff the friendly skies

By Jen Graham
NEWS| Higher fuel prices aren’t just breaking your bank - they may jeopardize your spring break. Fliers beware: you’re about to experience some recirculated air.

Those dammed salmon!

By Jen Graham
NEWS| If someone told you they were about to plant some salmon, what would you think that meant?

Engineering for the “Big One”? (part I)

By Jen Graham
NEWS| If you’re thirsty when the next big earthquake hits, it’s probably not advisable to be in San Francisco — unless you’d like to live without water for two months.

Do you know your switch grass?

By Jen Graham
NEWS| Switch grass is more than fodder for a bong joke on The Daily Show. Who knew?

Media and the politics of science

By Jen Graham
NEWS| Do you still use Teflon pans?

Facing money woes, Bon Appetit fires Co Ho chief

By Jen Graham
NEWS| The management of Bon Appetit — the company that runs the Coffee House — laid off manager Dan Maxwell several weeks ago due to a lack of financial resources.