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Mitt Romney tells college grads to have lots of babies
Breed early and breed often. That was the gist of Mitt Romney's advice in a commencement address at Southern Virginia University.
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Bike Party — a fresh new way to take back the streets
Born from the Critical Mass movement, these on-street bashes are revitalizing bicycle activism nationwide. The secret? More joy.
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Fracking threatens to escalate the West’s water wars
Nearly half of the country's fracking wells are located in water-stressed regions, so we might be seeing some ugly fights over water in the West.
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Atlantic coastal waters are the hottest since measurements began
Temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to North Carolina were nearly three degrees warmer last year than the 30-year average.
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Go (slightly) greener by getting your groceries delivered
You could halve the carbon footprint of your grocery shopping by sitting back and letting somebody else deliver the goods to your door, a new study finds.
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What would ‘wartime mobilization’ to fight climate change look like?
It would look like a lot of big government, according to a pair of new papers. And it would take a very strong climate movement to get there.
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Scientists found five kinds of unidentified fungi in Capri Sun
Capri Sun has mold in it. Five kinds. It's like kombucha, but in a handy little pouch, and not on purpose!
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Make your commute more exciting with these Super Mario transit maps
Dave Delisle's maps imagine your commute as a trek through classic games.
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Farmer- and family-owned wind power rises in Iowa
Iowa ranks third in installed wind power capacity in the U.S., it’s 5,500 megawatts behind only Texas and California (and much higher per capita). But like many windy places, the turbines sprouting from the Iowa prairie are often owned by multinational corporations, taking advantage of the local resource and sending the electricity revenue out of […]
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These flowerpot roof tiles let you make any roof into a green roof
The designer says the idea is about "transforming a stone city to an overgrown city" and that the tiles are "stepping stones for wildlife in the city."
