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It’s time you got schooled about octopus sex
Male octopuses "only have one penis" (laaaaame) -- but that's not what they use for sex. They use their special sex-arm, of course.
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This iPhone case has a solar panel so it can charge your phone
This sleek little buddy practically doubles your phone's battery life. Not too shabby!
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Ask Umbra: What do I do with my old shoes?
A reader wonders if she can recycle her retired footwear. Umbra goes the extra mile.
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Letter from Chip: Back from the brink
A first visit to New Orleans offers shoots of hope in an otherwise grim season of futile shutdowns and sobering forecasts.
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Hug a Government Worker Day
Ten years ago this week, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California and he appointed me to be the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Until then, neither of us had given serious thought to serving in government, but the experience changed our lives and, although you may not know it, changed yours too. […]
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Using legos to explain carbon emissions to a child — or every adult who doesn’t get it
This short video is a simple explanation of the global carbon budget.
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Watch: Robots that hunt down jellyfish and destroy them
Scientists have created a new weapon for the ongoing battle with jellyfish.
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Sylvia Earle has spent almost a year of her life under water
The scientist and explorer warns that the oceans are “not too big to fail.” But she also says we may be growing wise enough to save them.
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It takes a Village People: GMO disco will make Monsanto quake in its leisure suit
Good news, everyone: GMOs are getting labeled … with a terrifyingly catchy disco anthem.
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Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year
Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland after the USSR collapsed, creating what might be the world's biggest human-made carbon sink.
