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We’re No. 1! (In climate denier coverage)
A recent study indicates that the U.S. ranks first in newspapers giving voice to climate deniers. Somewhere Jim Inhofe is doing a tap dance.
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Friday music blogging: The Tallest Man On Earth
Kristian Matsson has a simple thing going: he plays guitar and sings. His records are self-produced, lo-fi affairs, the songs rarely adorned with anything beyond a single guitar, sometimes acoustic, sometimes jangly, open-tuned electric. That’s not easy to pull off, but the Swedish Matsson — who records as The Tallest Man On Earth — has […]
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This bacterium eats toxic liquid and poops out gold
Cupriavidus metallidurans can eat toxic gold chloride and excrete pure gold. This is not so useful as science. But it makes good art!
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Bet you never knew ice could make this sound
The Russian percussion group Ethnobeat has turned Lake Baikal, the world's oldest lake, into a 12,000-square-mile drum kit.
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Manhunt for woman who rode a manatee finally comes to an end
A woman in Florida tried to ride a manatee and people were pissed. Lots of them took photos of her so she had no choice but to turn herself in.
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GMOs, pesticides, and the new scientific deadlock
A new study says GMO crops have led farmers to use 400 million more pounds of pesticide than they would have otherwise. Here's how to interpret the science -- and the critique.
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Now we can get drunk on artisanal bourbon at the farmers market
New Yorkers can now sell fancy booze in the places where they sell fancy vegetables and coffee.
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Finally, a product for people who love both beer and testicles
This beer is made with fresh, natural, locally-sourced bull gonads. Testes great, less filling!
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LA Chooses Clean Energy Over Coal
This week, we won a major victory when the Los Angeles City Council approved the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s plan to invest in clean energy, rather than continue to ship customer’s money out of state to buy coal (LA shipped $500 million out of state last year alone). This move will create more […]
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Everyone relax — the stolen maple syrup has been found!
Remember that 10,000 pounds of stolen maple syrup? It's been found -- in a maple syrup processing facility. Uh, how did they recognize it?
