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Commemorate this senseless traffic death with delicious cookies
Katie Fisher was 24 when she died in a car accident. That, on its own, is a sad story, but it got worse.
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Bahamas will soon be invaded by oil drills
The Bahamian government will allow exploratory oil drilling, triggering worries about the tourism and fishing industries.
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Watch an alligator learn to use his prosthetic tail
Mr. Stubbs' rubber tail has the potential to quadruple his projected lifespan.
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Mummies found around the world all had heart disease
Apparently, it doesn't matter what you eat; you're going to end up as a mummy with atherosclerosis. Assuming you can find someone to mummify you. Otherwise you'll just have atherosclerosis.
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Is the next Fukushima in your backyard?
Two years after Fukushima, some U.S. nuclear power plants are still having meltdown scares.
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Is ‘Twilight’ influencing our environmental imagination?
Wonder what’s shaping our warped relationship with the natural world? Look no further than popular literature, says ecocritic George Handley.
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Smart people say food prices are falling — depends what you mean by ‘food’
Some foods are getting cheaper, but is that really such great news for the hungry poor?
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Dozens get sick after dining at world’s best restaurant
At least 63 people paid handsomely for the privilege of contracting gastroenteritis at acclaimed Danish restaurant Noma.
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Big military guy more scared of climate change than enemy guns
Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear says global warming “is probably the most likely thing ... that will cripple the security environment."
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Community-Owned Transmission?
The enormous growth in local renewable energy is decentralizing the electricity system, often supplanting energy from centralized power plants. But not all renewable energy is built locally, even in a country like Germany with massive local ownership of its renewable energy systems. The Germans are undergoing significant upgrades to their electricity grid as they push […]
