SCIENCE SUNDAY: Top 100 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share
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Letters to the editor from the April 2014 issue of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Slooh Community Observatory and NASA will broadcast two free webcasts to mark the Apollo 11 moon landing's 45th anniversary tonight (July 20). Slooh will webcast live views of the moon at 8:30 pm ET/0030 GMT. NASA will stream moonwal...
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A few simple steps can help anyone conquer materialism -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Space.com was founded on July 20, 1999 on the 30th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing. Here, managing editor Tariq Malik recounts the last 15 years of Space.com, and the wonder of it all.
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The 45th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing is today (July 20) and just might have space fans round the world wondering what it would be like to walk on the moon. The Girl Scouts of America, it turns out, has gone even farther.
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong clambered down the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar lander and pressed his boot into the moon's gray dirt — a simple step that stands as perhaps the most memorable moment in all of human history.
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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In 1961, President John F. Kennedy promised that America would put the first man on the moon by the end of the decade. The technology to do so did not exist, the national drive to do ...
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A new study has found that turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean, which has a profound effect on global ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies -- the ocean equivalent of storms in th...
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A team of geophysicists led by Dr Stephane Rondenay from the University of Bergen has made a detailed picture of Mount Rainier’s deep volcanic plumbing. Mount Rainier is a massive stratovolcano located about 87 km southeast of Seattle, W...
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From a cosmic rubber ducky to an experimental space plane, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for July 19, 2014.
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With a little preparation, even frequent flyers can keep well rested while traveling -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Physical and emotional distance overlap in the brain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The planet shattered several climate records in 2013, from greenhouse gases to roasting Arctic heat to extreme storms.
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The invasive species native to Japan and the Korean peninsula is no friend to forests or gardeners.
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The biggest laser in the world was used to crush a diamond, offering insights into how the hardest known material behaves when it is exposed to extremely high pressures. The experiment could also reveal new clues about the cores of giant...
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Pufferfish build these beautiful sand sculptures as love nests.
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Ride services such as Uber and Lyft are social networking services that also have to mind the laws of each state in which they offer the service. What's with states telling them to cease operations?
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On the anniversary of the first moon landing many wonder what will become of the Apollo sites and their artifacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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"Do we believe there is life beyond Earth?"asked former astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at a recent panel discussion at NASA headquarters with with the nation's leading space scientists. "I would venture to say that most ...
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On July 19, 1969, the third day of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins made their fourth TV broadcast of the flight. This time, from near the moon.
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Google Chrome on Microsoft Windows has been said to have a problem for some time but this week comes news that Google will give it the attention others think the problem quite deserves. Namely, Google is to pay attention to a Chrome bug ...
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If successfully floated this weekend, the Italian cruise ship will be towed to Genoa for salvage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The moon is a tough place to explore. It's several days away from Earth. Solar radiation sears the moon's surface. Its gravity is lumpy, and there is no atmosphere to protect astronauts from the elements. See how NASA handled risk during...
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The good news: Tomorrow's cars are computers on wheels. The bad news: Tomorrow's cars are computers on wheels. Ma Jie, writing in Bloomberg News, reported this week that the Tesla Model S sedan was the target of a hacking contest in Beij...
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Switzerland has claimed the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for the fourth-straight year while Sub-Saharan Africa "posted significant regional improvement".
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Is all of the texting we do burying the language as we know it? If ur all idk, prob could b! Ross Everett pops in to DNews to tell grammar nerds far and wide if all hope is lost.
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The Costa Concordia is rising higher in the pristine waters around Giglio.
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The danger of reporting findings before peer review is that scientists often can’t talk about the details of their research, which can lead to hype or fear in the media.
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These fish look like fire breathers!
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How do you know the people billed as science experts that you see, hear and read about in the media are really all that credible? Or have they been included just to create a perception of balance in the coverage of an issue?
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Can humanity tolerate "brilliants?"
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How would society react in a future where "brilliants" outperform everyone else?
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Ever wondered what happens when two perfect smoke rings collide?
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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new, detailed image of the volcanic plumbing beneath Mt. Rainier has been created by a group of researchers from the University of Utah, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Co...
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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study from University of Oregon (OU) geologist Gregory Retallack suggests that soil samples taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover contain evidence that Mars was once much warmer ...
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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Apollo 11 is perhaps the most famous spaceflight undertaken by NASA and the US. Three incredibly brave men were strapped into that small Command Module atop the Saturn V rocket in Flo...
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Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A multicenter team of researchers report that in a phase III clinical trial, a combination drug therapy cures chronic hepatitis C in the majority of patients co-infected with both HIV and hepatitis C.
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LSTM Researchers found that offering adults in Malawi optional home initiation of care following HIV self-testing resulted in a significant increase in the proportion of adults initiating antiretroviral therapy compared with standard HIV...
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In a preliminary study, HIV-infected patients with excess abdominal fat who received the growth hormone-releasing hormone analog tesamorelin for 6 months experienced modest reductions in liver fat, according to a study in the July 23/30 ...
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Among heterosexual African couples in which the male was HIV positive and the female was not, receipt of antiretroviral pre-exposure preventive therapy did not result in significant differences in pregnancy incidence, birth outcomes, and...
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Among adults in the African country of Malawi offered HIV self-testing, optional home initiation of care compared with standard HIV care resulted in a significant increase in the proportion of adults initiating antiretroviral therapy, ac...
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HIV-infected patients also infected with hepatitis C virus who received a combination of the medications sofosbuvir plus ribavirin had high rates of sustained HCV virologic response 12 weeks after cessation of therapy, according to a stu...
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The annual HIV diagnosis rate in the U.S. decreased more than 30 percent from 2002-2011, with declines observed in several key populations, although increases were found among certain age groups of men who have sex with men, especially y...
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The only drug to receive Food and Drug Administration approval for reduction of the abdominal fat deposits that develop in some patients receiving antiviral therapy for HIV infection may also reduce the incidence of fatty liver disease i...
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In an innovative approach to HIV prevention, an interdisciplinary group of experts has come together for the first time to lay out a framework of best practices to optimize the role of the clinician in achieving an AIDS-free generation.
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The new episode of AsapSCIENCE deals with everything you always wanted to know about penis size but were too afraid to ask.
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Forty-five years after man first walked on the moon, Alan Bean, who was part of the second lunar landing, talks to NPR's Arun Rath about his stormy launch and how he translates space travel into art.
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The tomb of Perseneb, a man described by inscriptions as a "priest" and a "steward," was first excavated in 1996, but it wasn't until 2012 that scientists noticed a painting preserved on a wall in the central room, reports Live Science. ...
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45 years ago man landed on the moon. As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin prepared to take "one small step for man," Aldrin wanted to commemorate the moment in a way he found most personally meaningful -- by taking communion. Aldrin, a chur...
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Last week, Lake Mead dropped to the lowest levels since the reservoir was filled upon the completion of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. The Southwest has remained in the grips of an everlasting drought for the past 14 years, forcing waters ...
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The Loris, one of world's smallest primates is under threat through loss of habitat. Naturalist Chaminda Jayasekara runs a conservation site to protect the animals.
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The Glasgow Science Centre tower has reopened to the public after being closed for almost four years.
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A number of scientists and others members of the AIDS research community died in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with journalist and editor in chief of HIV Plus magazine Diane Anderson-...
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The recent number of mistakes documented at federal laboratories involving anthrax, flu and smallpox viruses have contributed to a debate over lax government oversight at high-level containment labs.
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Ah! The wonderful sound of clanging medals, young voices cheering, and the slapping of high fives -- it's the sound of students being rewarded for collaborating and utilizing their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills....
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"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." -- Inscription on the plaque of the Apollo 11 lunar module. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history when he landed on t...
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For years, scientists have known that people who smoke face a higher risk of suicide and assumed that this tendency was related to psychological disorders many smokers suffer . However a new study by researchers at the Washington Univers...
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A researcher at the University of Utah and colleagues elsewhere have developed a detailed map of a massive reservoir of molten magma beneath Mount Rainier in Washington, and they predicted the volcano will erupt again someday.
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Jason Silva wants to blow your mind -- or better yet, he wants you to blow your own mind. Every day. The high-energy host of National Geographic Channel's "Brain Games" is excited about the exponential growth of technology as well as our...
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Last week, nine-year-old Hally Yust died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection while swimming near her family’s home in Kansas. The organism responsible, Naegleria fowleri, dwells in warm freshwater lakes and rivers and ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has set off some fireworks on the Red Planet with the zap-zap-zap of its high-tech space laser. On Saturday (July 12), Curiosity photographed sparks flying from a baseball-size rock blasted by the 1-ton rob...
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Arturo the polar bear, living in a cramped and hot zoo enclosure in Argentina, is the subject of an online campaign that includes former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Scientists start to demystify a mysterious crater found in Siberian permafrost.
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The dangers of procrastination are clear. But a study shows that many people are “precrastinators,” finishing projects sooner than is needed and thus causing a different kind of problem.
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If humans ever set up camp on the moon, NASA thinks they can make great use of some natural shelter: moon caves. As Vice explains, the space agency has identified more than 200 lunar pits on the moon's surface, and those pits lead to cav...
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Julia Hoeh is a bat tracker. For $350 a week plus basic housing in rural Tennessee, she stays up long after midnight to affix radio trackers to bats and collect samples of their DNA.
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TED Radio Host Guy Raz speaks with science writer and Sports Illustrated contributor David Epstein about why athletes are getting faster and stronger every year.
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Sunday is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Buzz Aldrin about his new YouTube channel, where anyone can share memories from the historic day.
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The purple nut sedge, or nut grass, is generally considered a nasty, fast-spreading, and hard-to-kill nuisance weed today. But for our ancestors, it not only served as a nutritious meal, it cleaned their teeth, according to a new study o...
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A mysterious-sounding crater and a black that's so black you can't see it highlight this week's list: Mystery Crater Spotted Near 'End of the World ': It's tailor-made for crazy conspiracy theories: A mysterious crater has formed in a pa...
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At least six passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane were heading to a major international Aids conference in Australia.
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Nine-month-old Owen Harper is one of the first babies to be born through a safer IVF technique developed by Imperial College in London
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Seven days, lots of science in the news. Here's our roundup of this week's most notable and quotable items: New pictures from the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft show that its target, the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is actually tw...
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There's no good time for a public agency to be embroiled in a conflict-of-interest scandal, but this is an especially delicate time for California's stem cell agency.
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In 1975, a young Austrian physicist by the name of Fritjof Capra published a bestselling book called The Tao of Physics that still can be found on the science shelves of most bookstores. Capra claimed to see strong parallels between Hind...
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The Obama administration’s approval of guidelines for seismic searches for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean handed the petroleum industry a significant victory over environmental groups.
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AIDS researchers, activists and advocates en route to the 20th International AIDS conference in Melbourne, Australia are among those believed to have perished on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday. ...
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Our sun has gone quiet. Almost too quiet.
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Humans have been ruling Earth for a while now, but are we just a flash in the pan? Scientists are analyzing other species and asking whether any will eventually take over should we perish by plague, climate change, war, famine, you name ...
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Joep Lange, a pioneer from the early years of the AIDS crisis, played a key role in making H.I.V. treatments available in the developing world.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Experts have mapped a huge magma reservoir below Mount Rainier in Washington state that begins melting deep in the Earth's mantle before pushing upwards to where it will eventually be tapped for eruption.
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Earthquake Avoidance 101: Just stay away from California, right? Not so fast. An updated US Geological Survey report and accompanying hazard map confirm that the West still holds the worst potential for seismic shake-ups, with major faul...
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A sea eagle chick, featured on BBC Springwatch, which was seen being pushed out of the nest by an intruder eagle successfully flies the nest.
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A vasectomy may increase the risk for the most lethal forms of prostate cancer, a new study reports.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had been carrying several researchers and activists on their way to a global AIDS conference in Australia. Among them was Dr. Joep Lange, a leading researcher and former president of the International AIDS Soc...
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How is it possible to be turned off by a Dolce & Gabbana model hitting on you? One word: helium. Swide went backstage at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2015 fashion show to make models recite some corny pick-up lines after inhaling fr...
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All 298 passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 died after the plane exploded high over eastern Ukraine on Thursday. U.S. officials believe the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile from an area inside Ukraine control...
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A fresh look at controversial efforts to nourish salmon and store carbon.
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It's summer -- fireflies, cook-outs, swimming pools and lazy afternoons. This next school year seems to be at the end of a tunnel that I haven't even looked to where it might end. It can be hard to believe that only weeks ago, kids were ...
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NOME, Alaska (AP) — A rare blue-colored red king crab was part of a fisherman's catch earlier this month in Nome, Alaska. KNOM reports (http://is.gd/NQ1wSP) Frank McFarland found the blue crab in his pot when fishing on July Fourth off N...
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NASA astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, who in 1984 commanded the maiden mission of the space shuttle Discovery, died on Thursday (July 17). He was 80. Hank Hartsfield's death came as a result of complications from back surgery he had se...
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Misrepresentations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television may lead patients to have unrealistic expectations of what the procedure entails and the likelihood of success.
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The demand for ship identification and tracking data acquired by satellites is growing rapidly.
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Every week, The Telegraph rounds up the best of this week's scientific studies and developments which will help you live a happier, healthier, longer life
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Space may have found itself a mascot: a double comet some say looks an awful lot like a giant rubber duck. The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe has been gaining on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since reawakening this year , hoping...
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Haley Rogers and Lisa Brunie-McDermott, sanitation workers, are on a mission to transform the way New Yorkers deal with food waste.
