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Romney doesn’t want to talk about preparing for or responding to Sandy
Last year, Mitt Romney said the federal government should get out of the emergency-management business. Now he's not saying anything at all.
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Your car might be made out of recycled beans, pants, and money
Garbage is bad. Oil spills are bad. But when you can use them to make cars, they become kinda useful.
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Oysters could have helped save New York from Sandy
They're basically the coral reefs of the Northeast.
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Superstorm Sandy
Much of New Jersey, New York City and elsewhere definitely got hit very hard by Superstorm Hurricane Sandy yesterday: several feet of sand covering roads close to the ocean in Point Pleasant and probably elsewhere—50 or so homes burned down in Queens—extensive flooding of the lower Manhattan NYC subways—7 million or more customers without power—blizzard […]
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The most stunning images from monster storm Sandy
Well, that was a hell of a storm. Here's what it looked like up close.
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Here is a toilet that’s good at soccer
Never at a loss to create something totally weird, two Japanese companies have built a goalkeeping toilet. And it's supposed to be green somehow.
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The Great Pumpkin chat: Join us for a live discussion on Halloween
Curious about organic jack-o'-lanterns, the canned pumpkin industry, and the role the gourd can play in the good food movement? Check out a replay of our conversation with pumpkin expert Cindy Ott.
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Dude in horse mask is like ‘screw you, Hurricane Sandy’
Oh great, now the storm is spawning reverse centaurs.
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These college students figured out how to turn plastic bottles into water-conserving technology
They won a $100,000 prize for their plan to turn plastic bottles into toilets and rainwater harvesting containers.
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Leopard seals will eat you, even if you are very, very tiny
Congratulations, leopard seal: you are the scariest seal. Not like competition was stiff or anything.
