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As seen in: The New York Times, Wirecutter, Gizmodo Brazil, Gizmodo, io9, WIRED Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Atlas Obscura, Waste & Recycling
Travel & Outdoors Editor, NYTimes Wirecutter. Previously: APM podcast host, PBS NewsHour, io9, Gizmodo. Mostly on Insta: www.instagram.com/ria_misra/
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How to Travel Without Leaving a Trace

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By Ria Misra 
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Niagara Falls and its surrounding parks see millions of visitors a year, and all that foot traffic results in a lot of trash—832 metric tons each year from the Canadian areas alone. Still, park sanitation workers were surprised to find a piano, broken into pieces, among the items left in the garbage one day. “People dispose of all kinds of things,” said Steve Barnhart, the senior director for parks, environment, and culture at the Niagara Falls Parks Commission in Ontario.
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How I Upgraded My Car’s Air Filtration in Under 15 Minutes (and for Less Than $20) Original

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By Ria Misra 
| Wirecutter
Any cabin air filter can pull out at least some pollutants from the air inside your car. But the gold standard is a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter, which is so effective that it can capture the vast majority of allergens, dust, mold spores, and even viruses that are circulating in the air.
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5 Cheap(ish) Things to Take Stargazing

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By Ria Misra 
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A telescope can conjure images of stunning depth and detail from the night sky. Still, some of my most vivid stargazing memories are of nights that I’ve left the telescope in its case to instead see only what I could with nothing more than my eyes. On these nights, I might catch a glimpse of a spray of meteors as they streak across the sky, pick out a distant planet amid clumps of stars, or maybe just identify a few familiar constellations, all by simply looking up.
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