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Obama and Romney spar over energy in second debate, ignore climate yet again
Energy issues were front and center at Tuesday night's presidential debate -- but that wasn't good news for climate hawks.
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Is David Axelrod responsible for climate change inaction?
With polls showing more voters concerned about climate change, why are politicians ignoring the issue on the campaign trail? It could come down to bad advice from one person.
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Skydive from space recreated in LEGO
If you missed Felix Baumgartner's freefall jump, which sponsor Red Bull swears will have scientific validity, you can see it recreated at 1:350 scale with LEGOs here. Or you could watch the video, I GUESS.
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Water-spout jetpacks are hands down the coolest personal transport we’ve seen
These jetpacks, which hold you up on columns of water, are not an alternative to cars (yet). But they look like the funnest EVER.
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How the New Politics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
After the 2000 census, many states used politics and innovative mapping technology to gerrymander new electoral districts to lock in gains for one party or the other. California politicians, for example, drew new “safe” seats and the result was hyper-partisanship and politicians who didn’t need to pay attention to anyone that wasn’t singing from their […]
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Newly discovered super-advanced biocarbon device: anchovy poop!
(At the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative we are constantly on the hunt for ways to improve the carbon storage capacity of natural systems. One of my partners in the project, Rhys Roth, came across this new scientific study on the importance of fish poop. One way to help remove the carbon load in the Earth’s atmosphere! […]
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Here’s Bob Ross feeding a baby squirrel with a bottle
It's a video of "happy little trees" painter Bob Ross feeding a squirrel from a bottle. There's really just nothing else to say about this.
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David Quammen says we better brace for the next Big One
The veteran science writer isn't worried about earthquakes -- he's talking about diseases that come from wild animals as we tear into the Earth's last wild places.
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Here’s why you should never stick your head out of a train window
We get it: Trains are cool, and wind in your hair is cool, and you like to put cool things on Instagram. But this video of a girl sticking her head out a train window to take pictures should demonstrate to you why you should not stick your head out a train window to take […]
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London’s proposed commuter canal would let you swim to work
Two architects have proposed an 8-mile swimming/skating lane in London. It's probably not going to happen. But it should, and it makes us think every city should just do something crazy and beautiful like this.
