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Comparing Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Online Versus Traditional Shopping
When consumers are trying to decide between traditional and online shopping, many factors come into play, such as price, quality, convenience and timeframe.
Study Finds Picking up a Pingpong Paddle May Benefit People With Parkinson’s
Pingpong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
Women Firefighters Face High Exposure to Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
San Francisco’s women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of certain toxic PFAS chemicals than women working in downtown San Francisco offices, shows a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Francisco, and Silent Spring Institute.
Creating a Social Norm: A Student-Designed Program to Reduce Marine Debris
In 2015, a group of middle school students from Falmouth, Massachusetts, noticed a problem in their local waterways: plastic was everywhere.
Seeds in Tibet Face Impacts From Climate Change
Seeds offer a level of resilience to the harmful effects of climate change in ecosystems across the globe.