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Invention of the decade saves water AND gets dudes to wash their hands
Presenting the sink urinal.
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The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real
Advocates say genetically modified crops are regulated like crazy. Critics say they are totally unregulated. We hack our way through this rhetorical impasse.
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It’s time to finally give up on the Loch Ness Monster
We never like to see a species -- real or not -- disappear. But there’s a long explanation and short one for why we need to give up the ghost on this one.
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Google hosts fundraiser for climate-denying Sen. Jim Inhofe
The lunch, priced at $250 to $2,500, is the second show of support from Google for the anti-climate cause in recent weeks.
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Government doesn’t know exact route of Keystone XL
After a citizen made a Freedom of Information Act request for GIS data on the route, the State Department said it doesn't have it.
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Pick up trash, find an octopus!
Who killed this octopus near the apex of England's highest mountain? And WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
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Meet the new stupidest Kickstarter: A six-foot-tall cup of bubble tea
320 gallons of bubble tea! Time to cash out your 401k!
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As more urbanites shun cars, some cities shun parking-space requirements
Washington, D.C., may finally stop requiring buildings near transit lines to provide parking spaces -- a move that saves money and improves quality of life.
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Climate change could bring more hurricanes
New research suggests that cyclones and hurricanes will occur more frequently as the climate changes, challenging previous assumptions.
