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This fake dead whale gave us the real sads
And that’s exactly what those mean old artists intended.
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High-speed video shows how crazy birds look in very very very slow motion
"We can spread a single wing beat across 40 frames," says the professor running this operation.
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Stunningly beautiful video makes San Francisco’s fog look like something out of a fairy tale
People bellyache about San Francisco's iconic fog, but that's because they've never seen it like this.
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Climate change threatens Maine’s lobsters
Lobsters have been abundant in the Gulf of Maine in recent years, but scientists warn that climate change might yet sicken some and drive others away.
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Yelp’s new city maps help you avoid hipsters
Yelp created word maps for 14 cities identifying which areas have the highest mention of "hipster," "PBR," and similar terms.
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Mice have taste receptors in their testicles. Do you?
Have you ever rubbed nuts ON your nuts? Because maybe you should.
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Bikeshare rolls into Chi-Town, spreading transportation bliss
A reporter checks out all 68 of Chicago’s new bikeshare stations and walks away tired, chafed, but impressed.
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Oil spill stretches 10 miles down a river in Mississippi
More than 200 barrels of oil spewed out of a malfunctioning oil well in rural Mississippi, contaminating the Chickasawhay River.
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An inner-city neighborhood rallies around a long-neglected park
In a down-and-out corner of Washington, D.C., kids cleaned up a local park. The adults followed, and now it’s a national example of urban renewal done right.
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How suburban sprawl makes wildfires more deadly
Exurban development patterns not only worsen climate change, they also make residents more vulnerable to one of its effects.
