Environment Archives

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Whisper Wants You to Vlog Your Mental Health. Should You?

Your Voice, a video-sharing platform from social media site Whisper, is trying to raise awareness for mental health issues by asking people to post their personal stories. But, given stigmatization, online discrimination, and the sensitivity of medical records, does the platform do enough to protect its users?

Nsikan Akpan

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#Sealfie vs. #Selfie, One Year Later

As long as environmental groups oppose hunting, eating, and wearing seal, there’s little chance of trust and cooperation with Canada’s Inuit.

Eva Holland

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Does Technology Need to Be a Luxury?

The unfortunate future is likely to be a consumer technology market that splits along class lines.

Kyle Chayka

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Can Snoop Go Up Against Big Weed?

The charm and wile of a celebrity pimp may be no match for the moneyed juggernaut of weed tech.

Susie Cagle

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Demolishing the Ivory Tower

You'll need two Ph.D.s and a J.D. to buy ivory legally in the United States. So don’t even try it.

Brian Palmer

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Artists in the Antarctic

For years, the National Science Foundation has been sending professional creatives to the icy south in an attempt to promote understanding of the least-explored land on Earth. Is it working?

Jillian Hinchliffe