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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."
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ExxonMobil’s tar-sands pipeline leaks again
The same ExxonMobil pipeline that made a big mess a month ago in Mayflower, Ark., has now spilled into a yard in Missouri.
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How a public school in Queens went vegetarian
The food sounds pretty darn good.
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Mind-boggling infographic shows why sharks should be way more scared of you
This is pretty staggering. Why haven't the sharks made a classic movie about a terrifying rampaging human?
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Adorable dog has four bionic legs
Naki'o lost his legs to frostbite. Now he has four prosthetic legs, and he is loving his doggie life like a doggie should.
