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Thanks to new regulations on toxic paint, female snails are losing their penises
There's nothing wrong with switching genders, but you want that process to be voluntary.
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North America’s bike-friendliest apartment building has parking for 1,200 bikes
That's one bike parking spot for every unit, plus 547 more.
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Don’t be smug: Your suburban neighbors cancel out your green urban lifestyle
Sure, living car-free in the city is the climate-friendly thing to do. But new research shows that the greenest urban cores are surrounded by the most heavily polluting 'burbs.
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This scientist summed up the 2,200-page IPCC report in haiku
NOAA oceanographer Greg Johnson made you illustrated Cliffs Notes!
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Did you miss the No-Pants Subway Ride? Here are the (t)highlights
Watch this recap of the 13th annual No-Pants Subway Ride while reclining pantless in the comfort of your own home.
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Native sun: In the Deep South, a solar farm rises on a former cotton plantation
The entrepreneur bills the project as the largest solar farm in the country owned by an African American, and it's in North Carolina of all places.
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Light rail on a diet equals better mass transit
I often write about the key role the federal government plays in infrastructure. Ultralight rail is one small example of the role national governments can play in advancing or bottlenecking infrastructure change. The state of today’s light rail: when extensively used it saves energy compared to cars. Another advantage: light rail has lower capital costs. […]
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Fracking chemicals may make oil extra explosive
Recent train explosions have involved crude from the Bakken formation in North Dakota, perhaps because flammable fracking fluids contaminated the oil.
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Christie’s bullying fails to push pipeline through nature preserve
The governor was twisting arms to get a natural-gas pipeline built through the New Jersey Pinelands, but after the bridge scandal broke, that effort may have backfired.
