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The Keystone XL pipeline is ACTUALLY a bunch of solar panels! Who knew?!?!
I wish this deceptive, manipulative ad were surprising rather than fitting into a larger pattern of deception that has characterized this project. The truth is that America doesn’t need this oil; fossil fuel companies need it. And they’re betting on Americans being fooled easily by shameless ploys.
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This beautiful moth is painted with images of other insects (and bird poop)
"Tell me again about your eyespots, those must have taken you FOREVER to evolve. Oh, this? Just a mural of two flies eating bird droppings."
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I want to live in a baugruppe
If you could create your perfect living situation, what would it look like? Here's my answer.
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Tesla Motors earns $26 million in the 2nd quarter — thanks to the government
Tesla is a model for how government support can help bring ambitious new technologies to market.
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High school students made the best raps about science we’ve ever seen
Science-class raps are a bit of a trend.
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Is Keystone XL a distraction from more important climate fights?
Or is it pointless to criticize the one climate movement that's gotten the most traction in the U.S.? An article in Nature tries to stoke a debate.
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Cute, weird, nearly defenseless pangolins are in danger because people won’t stop eating them
There are eight species of pangolin, and all eight are in decline.
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Pipeline dreams: Why fossil-fuel divestment is easier said than done
Despite calls for divestment at 308 college campuses, only six (mostly small) schools have listened. What's stopping the rest?
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Greatest Craiglist Missed Connections ad in history makes the train seem so much more romantic
It may be one of the loveliest pieces of public transit-related short fiction ever written.
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Why would you punch a seal? This zookeeper did
Don't punch a seal. Unless it's a zombie, the antichrist, or an evil robot. Or just never, to be on the safe side.
