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Make lovely smelling muscle rub for the athlete in your life
On the sixth day of DIY Christmas, whip up a batch of homemade muscle rub.
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The very first thing the new Republican Senate will do is try to push through Keystone
Mitch McConnell, incoming Senate majority leader, just can’t wait to get his colleagues to vote “yes” on the controversial tar-sands pipeline.
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Obama’s latest green move: Banning drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Do you like eating wild fish? Then you should approve, because 40 percent of the U.S. wild catch comes from this beautiful bay.
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When the Cards Against Humanity folks say they’re going to sell you bullshit, they mean it
The makers of the wily card game called bullshit on Black Friday -- literally. Now, the poop is in the mail.
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Psst, Congress, you have a little food stuck in your Cromnibus
From school lunches to GMOs to cow farts, the effort to fund the federal government came with more than its share of food-related compromises and regulatory trimming.
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Most Americans are clueless about how climate change will affect their health
Allergies? Yes. Asthma? Yes. Ebola? No, no, no.
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London’s garden bridge might be even better than NYC’s High Line
The recently approved plans for the bridge have it all, including a community garden and Titanic-inspired outlooks over the water.
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How to keep your true love’s headphones from ever getting tangled again
On the fifth day of DIY Christmas, I never had to untangle my headphones again.
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Remembering the genius who got BPA out of your water bottles, and so much more
RIP Theo Colborn, a scientist who alerted us to the issue of endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
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Watch these experts use design to push renewable energy forward
Watch a discussion about the intersection of design and renewable energy.