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Tourists kill and eat extremely rare six-legged octopus
"It tasted just like a normal octopus but now I feel really bad."
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Dems plan to talk about climate action during August, Republican deniers plan to talk nonsense
Some anti-science Republicans just can't stop saying stupid things about global warming, even though they're playing into Democrats' hands.
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Watch this ridiculous deadpan video about owls
Ze Frank is the Dr. Spaceman of owl videos. Except he might actually know something, like why baby owls camouflage themselves as Muppets.
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Meet Blowpaste, the vegan lube/toothpaste
Toothpaste AND lube? What are you, made of money? Blowpaste does double duty, and without any animal products.
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Rare baby zonkey born in Italy
A male zebra and a female donkey found love in a hopeless place.
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Walking for Our Grandchildren
From Friday, July 19th to Saturday, July 27th, through high heat, humidity, lightning storms and more, scores of people walked from Camp David to Harpers Ferry to the White House. Some walked the entire route, about 100 miles. This was an historic Walk for Our Grandchildren (http://2013walkforourgrandchildren.org) as part of 350.org’s Summer Heat campaign. On […]
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Ask Umbra: Do the costs of LEDs outweigh the benefits?
A reader comes looking for bright ideas about lightbulbs. Umbra turns it on.
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Cultivating an app for how your garden grows
Growstuff lets you track your plantings -- and puts your data to work for a wider community.
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Obama points out economic downsides of Keystone XL
In his most extensive public comments to date on the subject, the president says that Keystone would create few jobs and raise gas prices for Americans.
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Wide open spaces: How unused parking adds up
Hundreds of thousands of parking spots across the U.S. are vacant, unwanted, and mandatory.
