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This terrifying hell-squid lives on ocean waste
Turns out the scary-looking "vampire squid" is the only cephalopod that DOESN'T want to eat you. It mainly eats poop.
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We dare you not to cry while watching this man hand-feed a sick bee
An adorable bee was going to die until an adorable man adorably hand fed the bee honey and then the bee got better.
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These celebs want GMOs labeled
With the vote on GMO labeling in California only a month away, guess who's going public about the issue?
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Chipotle in hot salsa over tomato pickers’ rights
Activists are pushing Chipotle -- the one large fast food chain known for ethical meat -- to embrace a higher standard for workers. Will it work?
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This design turns New York’s parking lots into awesome prefab apartment buildings
Innovative green architects want to make neato affordable dwellings for elderly and homeless and so on -- but can't we have one just because we're kind of poor?
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World’s fastest one-liter-engine vehicle runs on cheese
Utah State University's small, speedy drag racer runs on cheese-waste-based biofuel.
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360,000 bees are staying at the Waldorf Astoria
There are bees living at the Waldorf Astoria, which is really cute, in a way, since they make honey, and really gross when you think about how a bee farm is just a creepy way for a hotel to pretend it is anything but part of a huge, gross, corporation.
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New Wind Farm is Nation’s Largest; Means More Clean Energy, Jobs
This past weekend marked the opening of the largest wind farm in the U.S. — a site that will power 235,000 homes. The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm near Arlington, Oregon, is a just the latest example of our nation’s clean energy industry powering our homes, businesses, and economy. Work on the Shepherds Flat project began […]
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If we criminalize arsenic in rice, only criminals will have arsenic-rich rice
Three Democrats in the House have introduced a bill that would draw up federal standards for arsenic levels in rice.
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Discount rates: A boring thing you should know about (with otters!)
Unless you're an economics geek, you've probably never heard of "discount rates." Behind that technical term, however, hides a social and ethical debate at the heart of climate policy. David Roberts explains (otters included).