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Save the bees by refrigerating them
Mason bees aren't your typical honeybees or bumblebees -- they don't sting, they're not particularly social, and females make individual nests in tubes.
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London’s newest urban farm is underground
Pea shoots, arugula, mizuna, chives, mustard leaf, radish, basil, and more, grown hydroponically in the tunnels under LED lights.
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It hasn’t rained this much in England since 1767, or maybe since ever
January's rains and floods were the worst on record -- which is just the sort of thing climate-change models have been forecasting.
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These colorful maps show what your city really looks like without a car
Just click any point on the map, and colors pool out around it -- like a heat map, but for time spent on buses or subways.
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Ocean temperatures spiked in 2013
The next time somebody bends your ear about a supposed "global warming pause," just show them these two graphs.
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Natural Gas isn’t a Bridge Fuel, it’s a Gateway Drug
In his State of the Union, President Obama added to the conventional wisdom that supplanting coal with natural gas will act as a bridge toward a climate solution. Unfortunately, gas is more of a gateway drug than a bridge to a clean energy future. 1) It’s still a major greenhouse gas. Sure, natural gas is […]
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Selling homemade food is now legal in California
Rejoice! Your fledgling cupcake business doesn't need to rent commercial kitchen space!
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Giant solar-powered traffic-directing robot strikes fear into rude drivers’ hearts
But does it eat donuts?!
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Teslas drive L.A. to N.Y. in three days, guzzle no gas
Never mind the snow and sleet -- a pair of Tesla Model S electric sedans just made it across the country in 76 hours.
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You can rent a hot tub and get it delivered by bike
This sounds like a Portlandia sketch, but we swear it's real.
