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Obama admin keeps trying to help coal industry, coal industry keeps whining
The Department of Energy is doling out $84 million to help develop carbon-capture technology, which will be needed to realize the "clean coal" dream.
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Stephen Colbert loves this Toys “R” Us ad, because nature sucks
"Nature is boring. I played in it once. There was nothing to buy. It sucked."
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Memos highlight Big Food’s GMO-labeling stonewall strategy
"This bill is flawed" and "maybe next year" are just another way of saying "Nope. No way. Never."
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We all start out as scientists, but then some of us forget
Psychologist Alison Gopnik explains why babies are so much better than adults at learning new things.
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Frozen produce is more nutritious than fresh, says oddly convincing video
Asap Science argues that frozen fruits and veggies are picked while they're at their nutritional peak, rather than the days-old stuff sitting in the produce aisle that flew halfway around the world.
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Sierra Club’s New Jersey boss works to insure human/dolphin football games remain hypothetical
Prepping a state for climate change means tangling with some new dilemmas, as shorelines move inland and laws lag behind.
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Scientists are hot on the trail of the oldest ice in the world
A new paper is sort of like a treasure map for geeky climate scientists trying to find old ice.
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U.N. climate talks will be all about the Benjamins
Rich countries promised to provide $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries deal with climate change. So far, they have paid up just $7.5 million.
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In Japan, you can hang out with owls while drinking your tea
And under certain circumstances, you can touch the owls.
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The week in GIFs: Cows, coffee, and Christie
Welp ... at least this week's almost over.
