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Massive explosion at oil refinery in Venezuela leaves 41 dead
The massive fire destroyed hundreds of nearby homes. Local residents complained of a gas smell shortly before the accident.
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In New Legal Initiative Against Cheese Maker, FDA Seeks Oversight Over Entirely Local Operation
At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive. The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and obliterate a tiny business that serves as the livelihood of the Estrella family, and a source of eating […]
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Threatened sea lions are being killed off to save threatened fish
This is a pretty complicated Sophie’s Choice-esque eco-problem brewing in the Columbia River at the base of the Bonneville Dam, in the Pacific Northwest. California sea lions are protected. But they eat Chinook salmon and steelhead, which are also protected. So, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has given the states of Washington and Oregon permission to […]
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An oceanographer, a marine chemist, and a couple of geologists walk into a bar …
The Slow Ride Stories gang descends on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in search of a punchline for this joke -- and a few answers to life's persistent questions.
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Black licorice recalled for containing lead, tasting disgusting
To be fair, not all black licorice contains lead. Just some. It is all disgusting, though.
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Watch the opening of a 100-year-old mystery package
This mysterious package, sealed up on Aug. 26, 1912, has been kept in a museum in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, for the last 100 years. Curators there have no idea what was inside it, and know only a little about the man — a local political figure — who packaged it up. But they’re finding out RIGHT […]
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Squid can make music videos WITH THEIR SKIN
Oh, you thought you were insane in the membrane, Cypress Hill? That’s because you didn’t see the insane membrane of this longfin squid, which is producing its own hip-hop music video in response to electrical stimuli from an iPod.
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Paul Ryan: ‘Big debate about the scientific veracity’ of ‘so-called’ climate solutions
Mitt Romney's running mate pulled out the standard climate-denier language on Friday.
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New map keeps track of 25,000 species
Scientists and garden-variety animal lovers who want specifics about where to find particular species have reason to rejoice: A new online database called The Map of Life provides cutting-edge accuracy about the whereabouts of some 25,000 species, and it’s adding more all the time.
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This rescued baby manatee is so cute we can’t stand it
There's nothing cuter than a baby manatee with a sad story that has a happy ending.
