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When Rush Holt retires, the House will lose a scientist and an environmental advocate
The Democratic rep from New Jersey, a physicist by training, has pushed for science-based decision making and climate action. Needless to say, he was often at odds with the Tea Party.
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This guy wants to turn a piece of the old Bay Bridge into a house
What do you do with 50,000 tons of pre-used steel?
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Elephants console friends by touching their junk
They also make sympathetic chirping sounds and put their trunks in each other's mouths.
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Watch 40 artists turn this empty building into an illegal graffiti paradise
The street artist Hanksy knew you'd be into this project.
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Watch this octopus try to steal a photographer’s camera
It's official: Animals are pissed at the paparazzi.
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Soda could soon have a warning label like cigarettes do
We can think of a few good options for the label.
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Faster, higher, stranger: 5 sports for a snow-free Winter Olympics
The games are toast, as Sochi has shown us. But don’t fret, sports fans! There’s life after sub-zero temperatures.
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Bunsen burner bummer: Lab rules favor industry over indie research
"Good Laboratory Practice" codes aimed to keep bad industry practices in check. Instead, they've become a costly burden that excludes public-interest-oriented research from key decisions.
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Tea industry claims it will undertake heroic efforts to become more sustainable
The tea business can be pretty ugly, so tea giants now say they have a plan to get greener and turn tea into a "hero crop" by 2030.
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U.S. tries to have it both ways with solar trade policy
The U.S. is trying to smash open solar-panel trade barriers in India, even while trying to protect American panel manufacturers from imports.
