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Talking trash: Baltimore students speak out against waste-burning power plant
The state of Maryland has given a New York-based company the go-ahead to build a garbage incinerator near two public schools. Students have a few things to say about the matter.
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Rat retraction reaction: Journal pulls its GMOs-cause-rat-tumors study
Retractions are typically the result of big goofs and frauds -- but in this case, the problem was inordinate attention paid to inconclusive results.
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Jerry Brown keeps getting heckled by anti-fracking protesters
California's governor supports fracking. A whole lot of his constituents don't, and they're being increasingly vocal about it.
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Promiscuous corn can be made to behave — as long as you don’t expect perfection
Farmers have a slew of tools they can use to keep GMO grain separate from traditional crops. But none of them will deliver absolute, 100-percent results.
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Brush with danger: The long battle over a spooky toothpaste additive
The FDA has been waiting decades to tell us whether triclosan, a soap and toothpaste additive, is harmful. A new lawsuit is finally forcing its hand.
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This brightly colored thread is made out of snail poop
It's a very particular and surprisingly appealing form of recycling.
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These slabs of recycled denim and resin are weirdly beautiful
And they can be used for architectural projects, as well as for nifty consumer designs.
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Let’s source all of Earth’s energy from moon-based solar panels
This plan would require moon mining and robots.
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City-Owned Texas Utility Already Serves 40% Renewable Energy
Is having local control of a utility the key to ramping up renewable energy? In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to have their city take over the electric utility, joining 1 in 7 Americans served by municipal electric utilities. Their feasibility study suggests they can more than double renewable energy on their system to over 50%, slashing greenhouse […]
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Climate change means more sea snot
Sea snot: a delicious mixture of gooey sea animal corpses and their poo!
