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Science has spoken: Cookies really do taste better when they’re dunked
If you'd like to defend your dunking, look no further. Science has your back.
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Drought that ravaged U.S. crops likely to worsen in 2013, forecast warns
NOAA predicts a tough spring for already struggling farmers as growing demand for water leaves U.S. more exposed to dry seasons.
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“The Era of Coal is Over”: Los Angeles Will Move Beyond Coal by 2025
Today, after a three-year campaign by tens of thousands across the city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined our L.A. Beyond Coal activists to publicly announce this blockbuster news: L.A. will stop using coal by 2025. “The era of coal is over,” said Mayor Villaraigosa, when he first broke the news earlier this week. Villaraigosa […]
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The Gates Foundation will pay $100,000 for a better condom
The foundation is offering a grant for developing "the next generation of condom." By which it means, one that makes sex feel better, or at least not any worse.
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Want to save the planet? Shrink your habitat — not just your apartment
All that recycling and bicycling and turning off the lights? It’s completely undone the second you step onto an airplane.
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Environmentalists and gas companies sing Kumbaya, create voluntary fracking standards
The new, oxymoronically named Center for Sustainable Shale Development will certify gas companies that meet stricter environmental standards.
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This dude jumping his skateboard over subway tracks is both crazy and CRAZY AWESOME
And, one might argue, way less concerned than he should be about the poor subway driver who'd be traumatized by killing him.
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The road to climate heaven is paved with ever cheaper oil
Climate advocates need to focus as much on oil as we have on coal, breaking its monopoly and driving its price -- and investment value -- down.
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For some reason, Emma Watson thinks getting naked will help the environment
We don't entirely get the green angle here.
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Fukushima nuclear power plant shutdown was caused by a rat
Nuclear power plants are perfectly safe, as long as there are no rats around.
