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Sea otter that survived the Exxon Valdez spill dies at 23
She was the second to last otter survivor of the Exxon Valdez spill.
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This guy is so good at recycling he can turn trash into masterpieces
Bernard Pras, a French artist, uses discarded materials to recreate iconic images.
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Gorgeous, crazy-fast Australian train would go over 500 miles in two hours
Australia has plans to make a new really fast train. It's also really sexy. We wonder if we could get Paul Hogan to make out with us on it.
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Romney’s new farm platform is all about big business
Romney's latest white paper on agriculture and rural America says a lot about gutting taxes and regulation, but not so much about the farm bill, sustainable farming, or drought.
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Awesome art installation lets you control the weather
The "Rain Room," on display at the Barbican, is a torrential downpour you can walk through without getting wet.
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Sarah Palin is going to tell us how to eat like her
Sarah Palin is writing a diet book. It's about how her family eats lots of crap and manages to stay thin. We want one about how they are trashy and manage to stay famous.
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Try this at home: The joys of DIY laundry detergent
Cheer up and stop being such a borax! Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, is here to turn the tide on homemade laundry soap.
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‘Want to save the planet? Save people,’ says conservation bigwig
Peter Seligmann, CEO of Conservation International, one of the largest conservation groups on the planet, explains why he decided to dump biodiversity and focus instead on humans.
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Thoughts on economic growth and energy slaves
Increased access to energy seems responsible for much of the economic growth of the last two centuries. That raises an unsettling question about future growth.
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Animals are just as depressed as you are
Why are animals depressed when they can't have any idea that their lives suck? No one knows. They just are.
