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6 problems we’d solve by drawing dicks on them
There’s a new hero in town, and his name is Wanksy.
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Bees are addicted to pesticide-laden junk food, too
It turns out bees may prefer nectar when it's laced with common pesticides, says a new study.
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Right-wing think tank wants to convince the pope he’s wrong about climate change
The notorious climate-denying Heartland Institute is sending a team of climate "scientists" to Rome to show Pope Francis the errors of his ways.
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How the Bay Area’s last slaughterhouse dodged the axe
You want local meat? You're gonna need a local slaughterhouse. It took a tanking economy and a massive beef recall to save the last such outfit in the Bay Area.
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California’s drought isn’t doomsday, but yes, it will change the state
The most nightmarish scenarios of California's dry future are unlikely to happen. Still, the state must use the crisis as a wakeup call to use water more smartly.
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Is climate change killing my California dream?
A reader wonders if Cali is going to dry up and blow away. Umbra sprinkles a little wisdom on the subject.
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Watch Obama get really angry — and really funny — when he rants about climate change
In a joke-packed speech to the White House Correspondents' Association, Obama got so "angry" at climate deniers that he scared off his "anger translator."
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Hubble just turned 25. Here’s what it was like to grow up with it.
The Hubble Space Telescope shows us the far reaches of our universe -- and that tells us a lot about us, too.
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Congratulations, Yellowstone! You’re having giant magma twins
A pocket of magma larger than the one we already knew about has appeared unannounced, like a surprise birthday dessert at Chili's.
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What happened to America’s black farmers?
In 1920, black farmers represented 14 percent of U.S. farmers; today, they make up less than 2 percent.
