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Get a peek at the world’s biggest ghost town
Ordos was supposed to be the Vegas of Inner Mongolia ... before everything went wrong.
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You have to hold hands with strangers to make this bus shelter warm
Making commuters touch is an interesting challenge to our nose-in-iPhone culture. Although we want proof everybody washes their hands after peeing.
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Un till: An Iowa farmer finds that less (plow) is more (profit)
Maybe it's contradictory to mix conservation and conventional farming. Or maybe you end up with the agricultural equivalent of a Prius.
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Americans respond to climate change by yawning at it, poll finds
In a list of 15 national problems, only race relations is less of a concern for Americans than climate change, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Wanna buy a Tesla in New Jersey? “Fuhgettaboutit,” says Christie
When it’s time to make another sequel to “Who Killed the Electric Car?,” Gov. Chris Christie may get a cameo.
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Death toll from East Harlem gas explosion rose to seven overnight
The blast was the deadliest of its kind in the U.S. since a natural-gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, Calif., in 2010, killing eight people.
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Ask Umbra: Is it OK to reuse biodegradable plastic spoons?
A reader asks if she can toss those colorful fro-yo spoons in the dishwasher and use them again. Umbra gives her the straight scoop.
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These artists will take you on a journey to the melting Arctic
An art exhibit is investigating the ways that global warming will change the iconic Arctic landscape.
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Spiderwebs don’t work as well in cities
Who knew a threat to spiders was actually baked into our cities’ infrastructure?!
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This is what you’d get if Wes Anderson rode a fixie and spray-painted walls
Aaand now we want to spend a sunny spring day listening to Mark Mothersbaugh and lazily pedaling a candy-colored bike.
