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British anti-fracking occupation will continue
A local council in England tried to evict a high-profile fracking protest, but a judge ruled that the protesters can stay.
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USDA doesn’t care about GMO contamination of alfalfa
The feds are refusing to do anything after Monsanto's GMO alfalfa contaminated a Washington farmer's crop, saying the marketplace should sort it out.
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This guy spent the night with a crocodile under his bed
The eight-foot, 330-pound Nile crocodile evidently had quite enough of human intrusions into his territory, and decided to intrude right the hell back.
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Did climate change worsen the Colorado floods?
While attributing a single disaster to climate change remains challenging, scientists say we should expect more extreme rainfall events like this one in the future.
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Why debunk climate change deniers?
The more people who can show these claims for what they are -- wrong, willfully or otherwise -- the better.
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Amazing self-healing plastic can reduce how much you throw away
A group of scientists has created a plastic that, if you cut it in half, can merge the two pieces back together into one.
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Go extra-hyper-local with your home brew by making beer inside your belly
A 61-year-old man in Texas kept getting drunk, even when he hadn't been drinking.
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Uh, yes, chicken stock counts as meat to both the chickens and the climate
Slate is straight up trolling vegetarians: It published a piece with the headline "Chicken Stock Doesn't Count as Meat."
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This weird chicken egg is blue because it has a virus
Want a labor-free Easter? All you need is a (harmless) chicken disease.
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Big Coal, Republicans go after Obama’s energy nominee, saying he’s too green
Rob Binz, Obama's pick to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, thinks renewables are a good hedge against fossil fuels. So he's being crucified.