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Are compostable diapers the most eco-friendly?
A reader wonders how best to swaddle the little poo machine. Umbra says it's a wrap.
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There must be 50 ways to prep potatoes
Too often overlooked in a world of more beautiful vegetables, potatoes deserve to be shown off, starting with this Rösti.
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Here’s what it looks like when a typhoon devastates your city
A year ago, Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines. Here's what that looked like.
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Stephen Colbert to the children of America: Dream of being a politician with zero grasp of science!
America's coastline, meet your reaper: James Inhofe, Oklahoma senator.
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Was the shocking outcome of Maryland’s gubernatorial race about rain, or something else?
Pundits have blamed the "rain tax" for Anthony Brown's loss to an unknown Republican. But did race play a role?
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Scotland may achieve energy independence before political independence
Scotland's wind turbines are producin' loads o' lecky.
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I watched a bunch of scrotums get snipped and it was totally fine
Before advocating for men to take some reproductive responsibility, we set out to confirm that their options don't suck.
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No, Americans did not just vote to “drill, baby, drill!”
Big Oil and its Republican lackeys claim that the recent elections give them a mandate to drill. It couldn't be farther from the truth.
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“Interstellar” solves climate change by incoherently jetting into space
The new Christopher Nolan film starts on a human-ravaged Earth and ends in a black hole. Where does that leave us?
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Surprise! This GOP senator’s theory about volcanoes and climate change is totally wrong
This should not actually come as a surprise.
