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At least EPA is doing a little something to help bees
The agency still won't outlaw bee-killing pesticides, but it is funding research into reducing use of chemicals that harm pollinators.
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This guy raised a duckling under his beard
Ducklings get lonely, so this Reddit user let his beard sub in for a mama duck's wing.
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Rio’s hosting its first ever cargo bike championship
Rio's got hundreds of cargo bike delivery people, who transport food, water, mattresses, dogs, and a whole bunch of other random stuff around the city every day.
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Starfish have eyes on the tips of each arm
Which means, most likely, they can see in every direction, all at once.
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Check out this shocking map of California’s drought
In the midst of cold weather extremes across most of the U.S., spare a thought for bone-dry California.
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One benefit to this horrible cold snap: It could be killing invasive insects
Trees all over America have been granted a reprieve.
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Climate change has an unlikely foe: The humble mushroom
EEM fungi team up with plants to capture carbon in the soil.
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Pesticide in frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan
Perhaps 1,000 people in Japan have been sickened by insecticide-laced foods, and more than 6 million packages of frozen food have been recalled.
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Wind power kept the heaters working in Texas
Foul weather knocked some fossil-fuel power plants offline in Texas, leaving wind energy to save the day.
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White House smacks down climate deniers in new video
Presidential science advisor John Holdren explains that cold weather does not in fact disprove global warming.