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Share-brained idea: Adventures in car sharing, part 1
An unused car languishing in a driveway seems like the perfect way to join the sharing economy. What could go wrong?
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Obama’s Lincoln Moment?
“Those of us in positions of responsibility will need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of our children.” Barack Obama, June 29 national radio address I’ll admit it—I was moved several times as I watched and listened to President Barack Obama’s major […]
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Should the “Nobel prize for food” go to a Monsanto exec?
In a move that has disturbed many anti-hunger advocates, the World Food Prize has given this year’s award to three chemical company executives.
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Disabled duck gets new foot thanks to 3D printing
So far, from what we've seen, the greatest purpose of 3D printing is making spare parts for birds.
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House responds to Obama’s climate plan with an offshore drilling plan
On Friday, the House passed a bill that would open huge chunks of U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling.
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Centuries worth of CO2 emissions could be stored underground, but at what cost?
America's geologic basins might be able to hold 500 years worth of emissions, but it would be really tricky and pricey to make it happen.
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It’s so hot in Arizona, you can bake cookies in a car
Hey, the hotter it gets, the more places you can bake cookies! Bring on global warming!
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In win for fish, oil companies allowed to abandon old rigs
Offshore drilling rigs serve as artificial reefs, creating habitat for fish, so fisherman and enviros pushed for rule changes that would let some rigs be left in place.
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These time-lapse videos of volcanoes will blow your mind a little
These videos will make you wish you were a sacrificial virgin just so you could get a closer look.
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U.S. and World Bank might stop financing dirty coal plants
President Obama says the U.S. should stop funding coal power plants abroad, and the World Bank is moving in the same direction.
