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This weird-looking robo-bulb may end up being the best LED lightbulb ever made
There have, however, been some problems with the production to date.
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These fish are eating the plastic you throw into the ocean
Thanks for cleaning up after us, guys! And, uh, sorry.
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Leaked IPCC report: Humans are adapting — but hunger, homelessness, and violence lie ahead
Findings from a leaked copy of the IPCC's next report aren't pretty, but they contain some glimmers of hope.
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Hilarious Kickstarter alert: Kudzilla, the Godzilla made out of invasive kudzu vines
What if Southerners could celebrate kudzu instead of quake in fear? Enter the 40-foot-tall vine monster.
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“What Does the Farmer Say?” is a pretty excellent parody of that fox song
Now with 100 percent more overalls.
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Climate change may drive us all to live in floating cities
Time to call up the merpeople you befriended in your youth. Or buy some flippers.
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Ask Umbra: What are “natural flavors” anyway?
A reader wonders what makes her snacks so scrumptious. Umbra goes straight to the tastemakers.
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Wanted: Young people with novel ideas for food research. Offering: big-money prize
A little chunk of Buffett money funds the new Agricultural Innovation Prize -- $100,000 for strengthening farming's "innovation ecosystem."
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The Digital Life
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that before mid-century the exponential acceleration of information technologies, robotics, medical science, and artificial intelligence will result in a “singularity”, a point at which humans will essentially merge with their technology. Such an event may seem implausible, but discoveries of how technology and humans really interact are being made […]
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Who me, an environmentalist?
Stereotypes about activists may hamper environmental engagement.
