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Protests against tar-sands pipelines heat up in U.S. and Canada
Last week saw more than 50 protests against the Keystone XL and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines -- and vows of many more to come.
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There are even more dead pigs in a Chinese river
The 16,000 dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River might actually mean that China is making progress on food safety.
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Can we shift to renewable energy? Yes. As to how …
A great piece by Elisabeth Rosenthal in The New York Times questions the conventional wisdom that we "have to" use fossil fuels for the rest of the century. But what is that dispute really about?
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Baby chicken whose father is a duck is either a new hope for extinct species or a sign of the End Times
A duck fathered a chicken. This could provide a way for scientists to shore up endangered or even previously extinct species, or it could be the precursor to dogs and cats living together.
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Potato bred to make perfect potato chips will kiiiiiill you
Scientists don't need fancy GM techniques to make weird plants that are not so good for human beings to consume.
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Idiot shoots horse on camera to promote horsemeat
An employee of a New Mexico slaughterhouse thought it would help bring attention to his horse-eating cause. It brought attention all right.
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Is there any point to buying organic baby food?
Organic baby food costs like twice as much as regular baby food. A recent study raises the question: Is this money you really need to spend?
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This is the first two-headed bull shark ever seen
This is almost certainly not a result of pollution or the BP spill or whatever, but feel free to freak out, as it is probably a sign of the End Times anyway.
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Giant pandas get shipped around the world via FedEx
We're going to imagine they're in giant FedEx boxes and that someone has to pull a gigantic tab in order to open them and let the pandas out.
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New Weather Channel show talks to the people who are trying to change the climate (with cartoons and jokes!)
The show visits researchers who are coming up with creative, and in some cases cray-cray, solutions to rescue us hapless citizens from the havoc we're wreaking on our world.
