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This guy has 10 million cockroaches — on purpose
Cockroaches: a tasty treat that could also potentially cure cancer and baldness. What's not to love, except everything else?
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Ask Umbra: Is there such thing as an eco-friendly cellphone?
A reader wonders which phone is best for the planet. Umbra says this calls for some serious thought.
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Powering Japan after Fukushima: Gas drilling isn’t the only choice
When coverage declares natural gas is "the only viable option," it's baking in bad assumptions. We need to read between the lines.
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This gadget makes your phone smell like meat so vegans don’t feel deprived
The Hana Yakinikui phone accessory emits a meat smell so your food doesn't have to.
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This is easily the least bad rap about bike safety featuring puppets we’ve ever seen
Rhett the terrier puppet instructs you to put your helmet on and not act like a tool.
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Tar-sands waste going to fuel dirty power plants in China
Petcoke piles are blighting America. But here comes China to save the day ... by burning the dirty byproduct in its furnaces.
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The world’s most bike-friendly city has three times as many bikes as cars
Cities can choose which modes of transportation will be easiest to use. Groningen chose the bike.
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For lab rats, Oreos are just as addictive as cocaine
You are not so different from a lab rat: faced with an Oreo, "they would break it open and eat the middle first.”
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18-foot sea serpent creature turns up in California
This snakelike oarfish is so long that if you unfurled it out a second-story window, it would probably drag on the ground a little.