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Looking for antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Try raw pork
A new study by Consumer Reports found pork contaminated with dangerous levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including high rates of Yersinia.
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Antarctic lake is basically full of aliens
For the last 2,800 years, microbes have been chilling out at 8.6 degrees F in what one scientist describes as "brine 'mush'" that's six times saltier than seawater.
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Senate works to bring dead polar bears into the U.S.
Because if there's one thing America needs to see more of, it's dead polar bears.
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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.
