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The Dutch may actually have TOO MANY bikes
The number of cyclists the country has created has outstripped the capacity of its infrastructure.
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Union of Concerned Scientists Report Finds One-Third of US Coal Plants Ripe For Retirement
Today our friends at the Union of Concerned Scientists released an impressive report showing that as many as one-third of U.S. coal plants are due for retirement because they are outdated, lack modern pollution controls, and can no longer compete in the marketplace with other forms of energy. The report details the range of up […]
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Farm runoff leads to a rise in eight-legged frogs
The mutations are the work of a parasite -- the flatworm Ribeiroia ondatrae.
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Brazil plans to save endangered animals by cloning them
Pronto! Apontar! Clonar! (That's ready, set, clone, in Portuguese).
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Climate should be Obama’s No. 1 priority, say lots of people who aren’t tree-hugging enviros
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
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The moral logic of climate communication
Climate communicators have two moral obligations: (1) be accurate and (2) ensure that audiences understand and care. Too many people fixate on No. 1 and ignore No. 2.
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This talking seal is actually kind of spooky
Hoover sounds enough like a person that it's kind of scary.
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Because every disaster needs its ridiculous problem, let’s talk about these people who gained five pounds after Sandy
Sandy was a monster. It leveled neighborhoods. People lost lives and homes. Some residents, however, have a complaint of a less grave nature.
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Elephants have a special word for ‘oh no, BEEEEEEEES!’
Despite what Disney might have told you, elephants aren’t particularly afraid of mice. They are not, however, fond of ants. And bees give them the creeps — so much so that when they hear the sound of bees buzzing they squeak the elephant version of “Eeek! A BEE!” and send everyone around them running. Back […]
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Newfangled Google Mars is extremely rad
Mars always looked pretty good on Google Mars. But now thanks to fancy new camera action, it looks a lot better, and in more detail.
