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Now you can download and print an entire house
A London-based design team has come up with DIY designs for “WikiHouses,” which let would-be home constructors download plans and “print” the components themselves rather than buying them in a factory. In practice, I am pretty sure I couldn’t build a house even if all the parts were made for me. But in theory, this […]
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Planting rebellion: How to reclaim our seed culture
A new book highlights the culture of "seed-savers" and reveals the crucial, often invisible role seeds play in keeping our food system stable and genetically diverse.
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Here’s a nice story about a cute baby endangered sea turtle getting rescued
Cute turtle rehabbed by nice people at Florida's Marine Science Center is nurtured, returned to the wild.
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Five weird burgers (and the companies who should sponsor them)
Here's a wrap-up of some of the weirdest hamburgers in recent history -- complete with imaginary corporate backers.
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Friday music blogging: Wintersleep
It sounds like a punchline to say so (because almost every sentence including “Canada” sounds like a punchline to me), but: Canada has a fantastic indie-music scene. Arcade Fire, Feist, Stars, Tegan & Sara — the list goes on and on. And they all seem to know one another and play in one another’s bands. […]
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12 things you can do with a parking spot (besides parking a car)
On PARK(ing) Day, humans around the world reclaimed parking spots with miniature golf courses, Twister, pop-up chicken coops, and banana art. Check out our favorite photos.
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If you’ve got $206,500, you can bid on a piece of the moon
Haven’t you always wanted to own a piece of the moon that you could do whatever you wanted with — write your name on it, claim it in the name of Spain, tape it together with other space rocks to build a less fucked-up planet, etc.? Well, for only $170,000, plus a $36,500 “buyer’s premium,” […]
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Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish
These structures look like the print of a massive octopus wearing fashionable shoes, but they're actually pufferfish sex palaces.
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Charbroiled burgers create more air pollution than diesel trucks
A new study finds that trucks would have to drive 143 miles to produce as much pollution as one charbroiled burger.
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Farewell, summer from hell
NASA paints a portrait of an awful summer in the middle of what will likely be the hottest year in history. So enjoy fall -- winter's going to suck, too.
