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Cyclists, here’s a comprehensive list of the cars you should avoid
Josh Zisson of Bike Safe Boston's Guide to Vehicular Profiling says, “If you know what to look for, you can stay streets ahead of these bozos."
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The madding cloud: When forecasting the future, scientists’ blind spot is above them
Clouds -- or a shortage of them -- could send the climate into a tailspin. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to predict what they'll do.
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The hacker collective Anonymous is punishing people for dolphin deaths
Anonymous briefly shut down Wakayama Prefecture's website -- to send a message, the group said, that the dolphin killing should stop.
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Enviros step up fight over oil shale mine in Utah
It would be the first commercial oil shale project in the U.S., and environmentalists hope to stop it by fighting a state water permit.
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Singing frogs: Officially the most beautiful sound in the world
It came from the island of Borneo and was recorded in the late afternoon.
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This app keeps track of just how late Philadelphia’s trains are running
Will Entriken doesn't care if the trains run on time -- he just wants the timetables to reflect when the trains run.
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Arctic Sea Ice Freefall is Mirror Image of Carbon Dioxide Ascent
By Emily E. Adams The amount of Arctic sea ice has plummeted in recent decades—a bold manifestation of the rise in temperature resulting from the rapid increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. After staying below 300 parts per million (ppm) for some 800,000 years, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere skyrocketed as […]
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The greatest mystery of sloth pooping has been solved
Science has solved the epic, perplexing question of why sloths climb all the way to the ground to poop. It involves moth sex.
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Nuclear plant leak patched up near Lake Erie
A nuclear power plant in Ohio leaked radioactive tritium into groundwater, but now the leak's been patched up and there's no sign that Lake Erie was contaminated.
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Ask Umbra: How do I get rid of the mold in my house?
A reader says he's hounded by mold in his basement and attic. Umbra says this cleanup job is going to be a dog.
