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Friday music blogging: The Wooden Sky
I had just gotten done compiling my best of 2012 music mix when I stumbled across the new album by The Wooden Sky, a band out of Toronto. (I’m telling you, good indie music is Canada’s greatest export. Way better than tar sands.) Now I feel bad, because this is one of the best things […]
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Dung beetles use the stars for navigation
The insects have an uncanny ability to roll their dung balls in very straight lines, away from the dung heap where they collected the feces.
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Adorable bottle-nosed dolphin saved by friendly diver
A group of divers were going on a nighttime swim with manta rays. They got so much more.
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Oak Park test drives a blackout-proof, solar-powered smart grid
Our infrastructure should be as smart as our phones, says Oak Park, Ill., Sustainability Manager K.C. Poulos.
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The Department of Energy wants to sell radioactive metal for scrap
The Department of Energy wants to sell 14,000 tons of radioactive scrap metal to manufacturers who will then make radioactive stuff out it. Seems like a poor use of recycling.
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We Must Lead It
In his inaugural address this week, President Obama committed us to get back to work on the challenge of a sustainable energy future. “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” he said. But will this reignite the debate on […]
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Why Greenland’s melting could be the biggest climate disaster of all
With the Greenland ice sheet melting faster than anyone predicted, glaciologist Jason Box is racing to find out just how soon we could be swamped.
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Good news: 15,000 crocodiles escaped certain death! Bad news: 15,000 crocodiles are on the loose!
A few thousand of the crocs have been recaptured, leaving only maybe 13,000 running around loose.
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Jon Stewart knows global warming is a hoax, and he knows who’s to blame
“Global warming is a total hoax. And Ill tell you how I know. Because it’s cold, today, where I live. That’s jus’ science.”
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Watch as this squirrel demonstrates proper OH GOD THERE’S A LEOPARD procedure
As a rule, you never, ever want to be the last one to realize the leopard's snuck up and is looking for something to eat.
