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The people are hungry: The link between food and revolution
Rising food prices are one of the hidden causes of Egypt's conflict. And they'll keep fueling discontent until we come up with a better system.
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This is what a 37-year-old Twinkie looks like
Science teacher Robert Bennatti put this Twinkie on top of the intercom box in his classroom back in 1976. Today, it's still going strong.
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The White House goes solar — again
The move comes three decades after Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House roof, and three years after the Obama administration promised to do the same.
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Your favorite local beer might not be local at all
That Hawaiian beer that brings you a taste of the islands and scent of plumeria on the breeze? Um ... it might be made in Oregon.
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Australian floods lowered worldwide sea levels
Scientists have been puzzled by a drop in worldwide sea levels in 2011. New research suggests that deluges in Australia were largely responsible.
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Swedish pig has one month to get a girlfriend
This pig will be confiscated if he doesn't find a mate. Can some kindly spider please spin him an OKCupid profile?
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Why this year’s Gulf dead zone is twice as big as last year’s
It's the fertilizer, stupid -- and runoff from factory animal farms. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Vermont can’t shut down nuke plant, court says
State lawmakers concerned about radioactive leaks want the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant shut down, but a federal court ruled that's beyond their power.
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12-year-old visits state park, leaves $15,000 richer
The park was called Crater of Diamonds State Park.
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British farmland missing huge natural benefits potential
Filed under: biocarbon, NBI, agriculture Patrick Mazza, Research Director By Patrick Mazza Climate Solutions Farm support programs that target only food production miss huge opportunities to generate natural benefits, a new British study documents. A team led by Ian J. Bateman of University of Easy Anglia reported in Science found that carbon storage benefits in […]
