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Plastic bags printed with dildos guarantee you’ll never forget your reusable ones again
Plastic might be dangerous to the planet, but we know what people are really motivated by: social embarrassment.
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Here’s what it would look like if L.A.’s freeways magically turned into subways
Peter Dunn tries to design maps "that show places a little differently."
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We are consigning hundreds of coastal cities to destruction. Who cares?
New research shows that sea-level "lock in" -- the amount of sea-level rise we are making inevitable through carbon emissions -- is growing rapidly. Do we, should we, care about what will happen so far in the future?
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Save the economy; visit a park
You can get all the benefits of being outside, and still be doing your part to create jobs.
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Nature writ small: Kids capture scenes of wild things in the city [SLIDESHOW]
In post-industrial Pittsburgh, underserved kids are handed cameras and challenged to explore the natural world right at their feet. Here are some of the things they've spotted.
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We’re kind of in love with this mountain man and his pet raccoon
All his raccoons are named Gunshow. They like Hannah Montana shampoo. You can't make this stuff up.
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This doohickey turns your normal bike into an electric bike
Plop the Rubbee on your back tire and get ready to blast off into the future (at a modest 15 mph).
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The easiest way to get a cronut: Donate to a food bank
You bet your barnacles I'd give money to feed the hungry if I got some sugary deliciousness in return!
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Harsh drought is drying up New Mexico’s largest reservoir
El Paso's drier than an cow bone baking in the Chihuahuan Desert, and an important source of water for drinking and farming has shrunk into a sandy puddle.
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Why the Peak Oilers are still right
The oil and gas boom in the U.S. has some people arguing that we no longer need to worry about fossil-fuel supplies. Au contraire.
