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Which is sadder, factory-farmed animals or the carnivores who eat them? The Onion weighs in
The Onion nails the grossness of being carnivorous in the language of a factory farming expose.
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Peep popular bike routes in this hella-detailed national map
One commenter snarked, “Nobody exercises in the Midwest.” But we’re betting that’s due to lack of bike infrastructure, not laziness.
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Mwahaha! Thief who stole electric bike calls owner for help recharging it
If your $4,200 electric bike gets stolen, this is pretty much the best outcome you could hope for.
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Are you a terrible gardener? This brilliant tool could change your life
The UrbMat makes gardening as easy as pushing a starter ball of parsley into its pre-marked slot.
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Life on a sheet of paper: Tiny house satire is spot-on
This Onion-worthy piece from The New Yorker is sheer genius.
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Can streetcars create shortcuts to better urban transit?
Desire lines: not the opposite of stretch marks, but close. They're where commuters and tourists want to go.
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Brazil’s World Cup gets a red card on the environment
Between razing the Amazon for a stadium and promising a mondo carbon footprint, Brazil's World Cup is shaping up to be a no gol for the environment.
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If oil spills in the Arctic and no one is around to clean it up, does it just stay there?
A new report is yet another reminder of why oil companies should be kept out of the thawing Arctic.
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Oregon tells rail companies to keep oil deliveries secret
A newspaper won the right to see reports about trains carrying crude. So state officials told rail companies to stop sending in the reports.
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This artist builds coral reefs by hand
Courtney Mattison used her marine biology background to build giant, ceramic art installations that highlight the beauty and fragility of reefs as climate change takes its toll.
