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Mind-bending four-dimensional graffiti takes street art to the next level
Street artist INSA paints, photographs, re-paints, and re-photographs his works over a span of days, resulting in a piece of graffiti art that becomes really special when viewed as a time-lapse animation.
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LEDs will soon light your home
Energy-efficient LED lightbulbs are becoming affordable and being designed to resemble the incandescent bulbs of old.
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We’re addicted to this map of average commute times in the U.S.
On average, in America, it takes a person 25.4 minutes to get to work. But averages elide so much wonderful, painful information about location and the burden of commuting.
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Global warming is causing flying squirrels to engage in miscegenation
The northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel are beginning to mate. It might be because of climate change. Or maybe they're just really attracted to each other.
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Fort Collins, Colo., passes fracking ban; state and gas industry threaten to sue
The Fort Collins City Council voted to ban fracking within city limits. Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says the move is illegal and the state will sue.
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These beautiful landscapes are actually piles of trash
Artist Yao Lu's works look like classical Chinese landscape paintings, but they're really photographs of landfill garbage covered in construction netting.
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This soccer ball generates energy while you play
Soccer is a cool, continental sport. Now it is also green, thanks to this energy-generating soccer ball.
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Learning from the cap-and-trade debate
The author of a much-discussed report on failed climate legislation reflects on what she's learned, and what activists need to do next.
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The children: Why a generation is putting itself on the line for the climate
How do you decide that change is worth risking arrest? Three student activists talk about their public motivations and private fears.
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WA state legislator doesn’t understand CO2, transportation, science
Rep. Ed Orcutt sends a testy note to a bike shop owner, claims cyclists are a significant cause of CO2 pollution.
