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This heartwarming subway prank is all about making conductors smile
"Point here if: You have seen a passenger naked."
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There was once a cow tunnel under the streets of New York
Start the countdown until someone finds it and throws a bovine-themed guerilla party there.
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Have we hit a “permanent slowdown” in the growth of global CO2 emissions?
The world keeps pumping out more greenhouse gases every year than the year before, but the rate of growth is slowing, so that's at least a wee bit of good news.
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Meet the 14-year-old elephant whisperer who saved her city
Communicating with ghosts is so passé. Talking to elephants is where it’s at.
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Yeah, maybe Teslas are catching on fire, but it’s seriously no big deal
The moral of the story is not “Teslas suck” but “Don’t drive drunk.”
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This time-lapse nature porn is your five-minute dose of Zen
It's hard not to feel a little bit of wonder watching this video of America's most dazzling places.
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Ask Umbra: What’s the most efficient way to heat the house?
A reader wonders if it's better to turn the heat down at night or leave it high. Umbra busts out her hat and bunny slippers.
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GMO labeling: Trick or treat?
Many of the arguments against Washington state's GMO labeling initiative make sense. Here's why, despite that, it should pass.
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The future of a big coal-export project will be decided by this small Washington community
A council election in Whatcom County will determine whether a coal terminal is built to send coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia.
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Italian mafia boss says pollution turned him into a police informant
He knew the mafia's toxic-waste dumping would doom people to die from cancer, and he eventually felt bad enough to do something about it.
