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Grow your own delicious bugs for snacks
The U.N. thinks you should eat more bugs, and University of Applied Arts graduate Katharina Unger is making it easy to grow them at home with her project Farm 432.
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Flood, rebuild, repeat: Are we ready for a Superstorm Sandy every other year?
Why we pretend the next storm won't happen -- and flush billions in disaster relief down the drain.
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Orange you ready for a tall glass of GMOs?
An insect-spread disease is wiping out orange crops. Gene splicing might help in the short term, but it won't make Big Ag more sustainable or resilient.
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Tech-savvy fox steals cellphone, sends texts
A fox stole a Norwegian teen's phone and started texting his friends. The phone still hasn't been recovered, so the fox is probably up to at least level 18 of Angry Birds now.
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Herbicides linked to farmer depression
A study of more than 700 French farmers and farmworkers found that those who used herbicides were more than twice as likely to suffer from depression.
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Goldman Sachs says coal-export terminals are a bad investment
Goldman Sachs says the market for coal exports is slowing and related infrastructure projects, like those planned for the U.S. Northwest, "will struggle to earn a positive return."
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Bears pole dance when you’re not looking
Cameras set up in woods and rivers confirm what you might suspect.
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Feds want food importers to ramp up safety measures
The FDA says food purveyors should no longer be able to skirt U.S. food safety rules by producing their product abroad and then selling it to Americans.
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This electric BMW has a special feature: Access to a gas-powered SUV
BMW is basically running an upscale car-sharing service exclusively for EV owners.
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Busy beavers building natural carbon storage
Outside of humans, beavers have more impact on landscapes than virtually any other species. Building dams and changing streams, they well deserve their busy reputation. Now a new study reveals those hardworking animals not only build dams but biocarbon storage as well. Ellen Wohl of Colorado State University reports her findings in an article accepted […]
