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Parrots have different favorite bands, but all of them hate dance music
Parrots actually like certain kinds of music more than they like others. But none of them like Prodigy. Smart birds.
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10, 9, 8, 7 … Counting down the most popular Grist stories of 2012
Rescued ducks, a crime scene involving a 3,500-year-old tree, and 40 million McMansions that nobody wants -- these are the things you were reading about last year when you should have been studying up on cap-and-trade and carbon taxes.
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The hottest race of 2013: House climate hawk Markey is gunning for Kerry’s Senate seat
Ed Markey looks likely to be the Democratic nominee in a Massachusetts special election, and Scott Brown looks likely to be his GOP opponent.
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Street scenes: 12 great cities stories from 2012
From street artists to Martin Luther King, and gun violence to our odd, sometimes nonsensical obsession with Jane Jacobs -- these are our favorite city-related stories from the past year.
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Kansas City is making millions by using municipal sewer sludge to fertilize a farm
Last year the city used 9,982 tons of sewer sludge fertilizer on 1,340 acres of corn and soybean crops.
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Single people aren’t as good at recycling as couples are
While 79 percent of mixed-sex couples recycle, only 65 percent of single people do.
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Pray-in at the White House Jan. 15
We are facing a Climate Cliff, and we need you – our religious and spiritual leaders, other believers and all people of good will – to join us in addressing its danger by participating in “A Pray-in for the Climate” in front of the White House on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, following the agenda listed below. To […]
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Chick-fil-A is using a classic picture book about farming to brainwash kids
The scary thing is that this works, on some level.
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These DIY bike signals are so easy to make there’s no excuse not to
The Instructables user who made them writes, "Since I don't have ultra cool reflective clothing or a lot of money, I came up with this."
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How to legalize goats in your city
The "godmother of goat lovers" describes how she went about changing Seattle's backyard goat laws.
