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This flower-like solar panel is so light that you can use it to power your car while you’re driving
You can mount the Lotus Mobile on your electric car and charge your battery while you drive around (very carefully). You'd look extremely silly, but you COULD.
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Gene discovery could breed veggies for a warmer planet
Scientists are making progress in developing a GMO lettuce that can grow in scorching heat. Um, yay?
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Bacon-flavored mouthwash should probably become reality
A bacon-flavored mouthwash that's entirely vegetarian? Too good to be true. Also, not true.
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Canadian officials in uproar over pipeline video game, not over actual pipelines
A game funded by a public broadcaster has players build virtual oil pipelines, which virtual opponents can then blow up.
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Citigroup: Renewables will triumph and natural gas will help
Banking giant Citigroup has issued a report that ought to thrill fans of renewable energy, even though greens might not like its message about natural gas.
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Invention of the day: A bladeless wind turbine
The wind turbine would convert wind to energy without any moving parts.
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Google makes Gmail greener by making it blue
This totally real and not fake Gmail update is inspired by nature. Like blue whales.
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Tar Sands Blockade wins sponsorship deal from Kryptonite bike locks
A corporate sponsorship seems counter to the blockade's politics, but it may be a means to ending the pipeline.
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Germany’s solar-power success: Too much of a good thing?
Germany’s little-guy suppliers are destabilizing big power companies, forcing them to rethink how they do business.
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This jellyfish is also a robot that is also a spy
You can rest easy knowing that this giant robotic jellyfish is spying on America's enemies.