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After losing a finger, this guy made a new one out of bike parts
Colin Macduff lost a finger in an accident in 2010 and, in the haze of medication, he had a vision of how he'd make up for it: He'd make a prosthetic finger out of bicycle parts.
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All the giant squid in the world are related to each other
All the giant squid in the world are part of one big extended family! They're going to have a big squid party.
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Lose the girdle: Sustainable ‘Mad Men’ fashion for plus-sized awesome
Anslee Connell is one of the few full-figured designers making her fare out of recycled fabrics. And she hopes her work will empower women to feel good and do something awesome.
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Salt, sugar, and fat: Why we can’t quit junk food’s holy trinity
Michael Moss, author of "Salt Sugar Fat," talks to Grist about how these three ingredients make processed food so addictive -- for both consumers and companies.
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Abu Dhabi mega solar plant will free up oil to export
The largest concentrated solar power plant in the world will cut 175,000 tons of CO2 emissions -- and let the United Arab Emirates send more crude our way.
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More coal-fired idiocy and mendacity in Nevada
The notoriously filthy Reid Gardner coal plant has been falsifying pollution data, and Nevada officials aren't doing shit about it, so the nearby Paiute tribe is filing suit.
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Let’s bring back New York City’s goat beauty pageants
In the 1930s, the goats competing for "Mr. Manhattan" were mostly "mascots and talismans," but surely the vogue for urban farming means we could start this back up again.
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Los Angeles to ditch coal by 2025
"The era of coal is over," says L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The city's utility will make up the difference with renewables, efficiency, and natural gas.
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Spiders all over the world like to snack on bats
We now have evidence that spiders eat bats all over the world except in places without spiders or bats. This is scary, and kind of wrong.
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Celebrating a Huge Offshore Wind Victory in Maryland
The winds of change brought some great progress to Maryland this week when the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 passed through both houses of the legislature. The offshore wind bill has been championed from the start by Governor Martin O’Malley, who stands ready to sign the bill into law. This is a huge […]
