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The next space shuttle could be made out of trash
Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center have devised a trash compactor that turns waste into 8-inch radiation-shielding tiles.
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Here’s an airport entirely filled with cars wrecked in Hurricane Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy, Insurance Auto Auctions Corp. found itself with an overload of damaged cars. The company had to store them somewhere.
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The fight over lead: It’s like all pollution fights rolled into one
We could be learning a lot from the fight to clean up lead pollution. But we're not.
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Concord, Mass., is the first city to ban plastic water bottles
The ban comes as the result of a three-year fight from local activists, who are quite understandably appalled that Americans use 1,500 bottles every second.
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This nursing home cheers up patients with therapeutic llamas
Hanging out with animals lowers blood pressure, increases serotonin, and just generally makes patients feel better about the world. The llamas probably don't mind it either.
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Soda Drinker Pro is the most advanced soda drinking simulator ever created
Finally, a video game that makes use of your real-world skills! Like drinking giant sodas constantly.
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Indonesian city orders women to stop straddling bikes
We're not even going to ask what the situation might be with recumbent bikes or unicycles.
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Excuse me but there is a giant eyeball in space
This nebula is watching you, and it saw what you did, and it's pretty disgusted.
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Vultures will eat your car
If they don’t eat it, they will at very least poop all over it.
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Supermarket is saving $80 million a year just by putting doors on its refrigerators
Vegetables sit out in open refrigerators at many grocery stores. A supermarket chain discovered it can save money and energy by simply adding doors.
