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» The Grist Magazine
Tackles environmental topics with irreverence, intelligence, and a fresh perspective. Their goal is to inform, entertain, provoke, and encourage creative thinking about environmental problems and solutions. New content is published each weekday, in-depth reporting, cartoons, summaries of breaking news stories, diary entries from activists, book reviews, an environmental advice column, and lots more. Based in Seattle, with global contributors.
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» Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Need to know what countries to stay away from because of the latest Ebola, cholera, or SARS outbreak? Would you like to speciate the latest gastrointestinal virus found on your favorite cruise ship? Check out the Travelers' Health report. You can also browse interesting primers, read disease news in the weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, or sink your teeth into the monthly Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.
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» Dictionary
According to Dictionary.com, "hobbledehoy" is an actual word, meaning "an awkward, gawky young fellow." Beyond fascinating new words of the day, this site is a comprehensive reference for English word meanings, spelling, and pronunciation. New to the site is a translation function, allowing instant basic translation between English and twelve other languages.
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» Fed Stats
From adoption to women-owned businesses, the FedStats Home Page provides statistical information from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies. Whether you're doing research or just browsing out of curiosity, the site provides the stats you need, conveniently sorted by topic, agency, and location, and you can search across all categories.
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