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Underground parking: The black market, apps, and future of car storage
In cities across the U.S., drivers are renting, borrowing, and tracking parking spots.
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Bike lanes really do help cars go faster
This is one of those moments of bike triumphalism where we get to say: We told you so!
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There’s arsenic in your rice, but don’t worry about it, says FDA
The Food & Drug Administration tested 1,300 samples of rice and found arsenic in them all, but only in very small amounts.
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Nearly 48,000 suing BP over toxic pollution from Texas refinery
BP vented 500,000 pounds of chemicals from a refinery in 2010. Now it's being sued by neighbors who had to breathe that carcinogenic cocktail.
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New Orleans has a radical new plan for managing floods
Instead of trying to pump out all floodwater, officials want to corral it into areas that serve as parks during drier times. Rain gardens, bioswales, and canals will help too.
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U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline
By J. Matthew Roney Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since the 1970s, electricity generation at U.S. nuclear plants began to grow more slowly in the early 2000s. It then plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show […]
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Scientists have finally finished a urine encyclo-pee-dia
Urine for a treat: Researchers published an exhaustive guide to the 3,000-plus chemical compounds in piss.
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One in 20 American kids is extremely obese
The childhood obesity rate in the U.S. appears to have plateaued, but the prevalence of "extreme obesity" continues to rise.
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Hate your life? Make Campbell’s soup with your Keurig coffee machine
Oh, who cares about soup from a Keurig? We want to see a K-cup for a whiskey sour.
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Pork it over: U.S. OKs Chinese purchase of its largest pig company
The feds allow the sale of Smithfield to a Chinese swine conglomerate, after determining bacon supplies are not critical to U.S. security.
