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This cool keyless bike lock lets you create a personal bikeshare system
The best part of this lock is that you don't actually need to be there to unlock it.
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GMO corn crop trials suspended in Mexico
A Mexican judge ordered a halt to GMO corn field trials planned by Monsanto and other international companies because of concerns about environmental impacts.
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Biology professor discovers a new species of tick in his own nose
No one had seen anything like it before.
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Australian scientists rescue wildlife by hand from changing climates
A new formula will help Australian scientists decide when a species should be evacuated from a landscape affected by climate change, and where it should be moved.
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Celebrating the 1,000th Sierra Club Solar Home
It’s been more than two years since my husband and I installed solar panels on the roof of our home in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. As the months have passed, I’ve enjoyed watching the ticker continually rise on the amount of solar power our panels have generated. I love knowing that our home is more powered […]
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Greens sue EPA over Pacific Northwest’s increasingly acid waters
Carbon dioxide emissions have turned the Pacific Ocean off Oregon and Washington so acidic that shellfish are dying. The Center for Biological Diversity says that's a Clean Water Act violation.
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You could soon be able to charge your electric car just by parking it over a manhole
You simply park on top of a special manhole cover, and your car will slurp up the electricity.
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Power up: California may force utilities to buy big batteries for renewables
California's proposed requirement could jump-start the storage industry that renewable energy tech will need to scale.
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An anti-GMO wave rising from Kauai?
It's just one little Hawaiian island, but it's also a big biotech testing ground, so Kauai's move to regulate could ripple widely.
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New app lets you quickly scan cosmetics to see if they’re potentially toxic
We're trying not to freak out, but THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST APP EVER. After the one that helps you pick wine, of course.
