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You don’t need nature, you just need the smell of it
An immunologist in Japan named Qing Li has been working for years to show that you can get a bunch of the benefits of nature without actually going there.
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Watch a magical LED light installation on the San Francisco Bay Bridge
San Francisco has unveiled the Bay Lights project, in which the bridge is illuminated with 25,000 twinkling LEDs. In two years, no pattern will be repeated, but we have a few here for you.
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Senator feels bad for BP, wants it to bid on new Gulf drilling leases
Sen. Mary Landrieu says she has "had enough" of the Obama administration persecuting BP and the whole oil and gas industry.
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Where Has All the Ice Gone?
By Emily E. Adams As the earth warms, glaciers and ice sheets are melting and seas are rising. Over the last century, the global average sea level rose by 17 centimeters (7 inches). This century, as waters warm and ice continues to melt, seas are projected to rise nearly 2 meters (6 feet), inundating coastal […]
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Two guys in London opened a coffee shop in a men’s bathroom
They did have to scrub the place down a bit.
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Surf’s way, way up: Sea-level rise, explained
It's choose your own adventure: sea-level rise apocalypse edition! Here’s your chance to decide what the future will look like.
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Can this contraption make fracking greener?
A California company says its new tool can help plug methane leaks. But the proof will be in the fracked pudding.
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Domesticated and wild bees are both in trouble
A new study finds the decline in wild bees is bad news for agriculture, while domesticated bees continue to face a host of troubles.
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Pink-slime maker’s lawsuit against ABC grows slimier
The main producer of the pink-slime beef product says it has "no other choice" but to go after ABC for $1.2 billion. That's billion, with a B.
