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Man, animals are kinkier than you thought
It's hard to know how freaky animal sex gets, though, because some scientists are protective of their research subjects.
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Nature-inspired water bottle could fill itself using moisture from the air
To keep from drying out in its incredibly arid habitat, the Namib desert beetle gathers moisture from ocean breezes on its wings.
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Rare Galapagos tortoise breed gets a second shot at existing
Scientists think several generations of cross-breeding can bring the species back to life.
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Kohl’s gets some unlikely patrons in the form of deer
They were looking for a Marc Anthony leather jacket on sale, but they were ushered out before they could purchase it.
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California County’s PACE Program Could Get Feisty with Feds
Does a Riverside County, CA, residential energy financing program put thousands of homeowners on a collision course with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)? In a proposed rule-making, the FHFA has suggested that Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) policies represent a threat to the safety and soundness of mortgages held by government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie […]
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Agricultural training ground The Farm School is bucolic, educational, and stupid expensive
Students learn to grow organic vegetables, tend livestock, and manage forests. Only problem? The cost.
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Conceptual artist Christo is building a gigantic sculpture out of oil barrels
It is not a pyramid (although it will be taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza), and it's not a comment on the oil economy.
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Electoral math for ‘all you climate people’
Building a climate movement in urban areas isn't enough. We also need a ground game in the remote corners of swing states where national elections are won and lost.
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Ohio’s Next Big Decision — A Clean or Dirty Energy Future?
Now that the presidential election is over, the people of Ohio are facing another important choice — whether their state will embrace clean energy measures that will save money and lives, or continue wasting energy from polluting coal plants. To help get the message out far and wide, the Ohio Sierra Club is launching new […]
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This beautiful waterfall is also essentially a flaming fart
In a park in upstate New York, there's a flame that never goes out. OK, it almost never goes out. But we'll still give it credit for being pretty tenacious, because it lives behind a waterfall.
