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Eat wings while pregnant? Your son will have a tiny dick, says PETA
Ah, PETA: Spreading misinformation and sexism at the same time.
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Coal company accidentally turns a creek into concrete
Workers dumped tons of grout into a ridge to try to repair damage caused by mining, but the grout poured out the bottom and into a creek.
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Overachieving students make fruit salad weighing 15,000 pounds
Welcome to college! Now peel 150 kinds of fruit. (Hope you're hungry.)
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These Brooklyn hipsters make artisanal vodka that doesn’t taste like Drano
Five guys want you to know they aren't making craft vodka for the fun of it. It's FOR SCIENCE (hic).
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The real reason Kansas is running out of water
A new study finds that a small reduction in farmers' water use could help save Kansas agriculture. But why is it using so much water in the first place?
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Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like superstorms, study says
Scientists predict stronger storms but say changing air patterns will prevent them from hitting U.S. East Coast.
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David Roberts’ top 20.5 parting insights
Before he signed off for a year-long sabbatical, Grist climate blogger David Roberts shared final words of wisdom on Twitter, collected here for your reading pleasure.
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We can’t blame everything on climate change: Soot melts glaciers too
Why did glaciers in the Alps start melting 40 years before temperatures started to rise? New research blames the air pollution spewed by the Industrial Revolution.
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Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows
Scientists say changes in tropical waters could be responsible for the recent "pause" in rising temperatures.
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Playing the Energy Lottery
Last year Americans spent $65billion on lottery tickets. In some games, the odds of winning have been compared to the probability of being struck by lightning while sinking a hole-in-one. The average U.S. homeowner spends $600 a year on fire insurance, but the likelihood of ever claiming against that policy is less than 1%. Why […]