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After you die, your remains can help save a coral reef
It makes at least as much sense as burying a person in the ground and putting a stone on top.
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15-year-old creates flashlight that runs on body heat
The flashlight gets its power from plates that create electricity using a heat differential -- one side needs to be hot and the other cool.
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Chinese wind power company charged with stealing American trade secrets
The U.S. Justice Department accuses the Chinese company of "corporate homicide" for stealing software from a U.S. company, leading to the loss of 500 jobs and $800 million.
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Farmers are feeding their pigs marijuana so you can eat pot-infused bacon
It's recycling for foodie stoners! A pig farmer and butcher have paired up to feed pigs the dregs from a weed dispensary and then make marijuana pork chops.
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Your cheap watery beer now comes with less guilt
This MillerCoors facility in Colorado churns out 1,620 tons of waste every year -- and now 99.7 percent of it is recycled or reused.
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Here’s one smart way to fight big-box stores
Cape Cod is the rare community that considers regional economic impacts when weighing big-box retail proposals, and that makes all the difference.
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Ask Umbra: How can we move beyond oil?
A reader wonders how he can boost solar and wind power. Umbra plugs him in to the right sources.
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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.
