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Ask Umbra: How can I become a farmer?
A reader wonders if he should bag his computer science degree and become a farmer instead. Umbra tells him to get back to his homework.
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Dangerous global warming could be reversed, say scientists
A combination of burning trees for energy and capturing and storing carbon dioxide could offset and even reverse emissions.
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A scientific storm is brewing over the hurricane-climate connection
A bombshell new paper says climate change might make the most destructive storms on Earth even more dangerous. But the findings are already being challenged.
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Tea Partiers fight over solar power in Georgia, and the solar fans win
A Koch-backed group didn't want a new solar mandate, but another set of Tea Partiers thinks energy diversity is a smart idea.
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Fracking industry cleanup workers exposed to benzene in Colorado, feds allege
Workers sent to clean up natural-gas liquid spilled by a plant that processes fracked gas near Parachute Creek, Colo., were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.
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World’s most adorable mayor, 4-year-old Bobby Tufts, is seeking reelection
Bobby Tufts loves ice cream, fishing, finding a stick, doing a little dance, and putting things in his mouth. He's very Reaganesque.
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Solar installations soar in California
California utility customers installed a record-breaking 391 megawatts of solar power systems last year, thanks to a successful rebate program.
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Illinois town bans stripping because of fracking
Fairfield, Ill., is outlawing nude and exotic dancing in order to head off any trouble that might accompany an influx of fracking workers.
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Hey foodies: Smoked water is the next big thing
This is the oddest food trend we've seen in a while.
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Watch a super-young Frank Zappa play the bicycle
"That's Zappa, Z-a-p-p-a?" the host asks. "Might we be familiar with any of your songs as of yet?"
