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This beige liquid could be the only food you need to eat for the rest of your life
It's beige and it's not that exciting. No, it's not carpet. It's food.
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Hundreds of sea lion pups are mysteriously washing ashore in California
What the hell is going on? Why are so many dehydrated and malnourished baby sea lions washing ashore? And do they need us to take some of them home?
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Adorable students create air freshener out of cow dung
If these girls make air freshener out of cow dung, well, you can probably at least get a job.
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This teen is suing the state of Alaska because climate change threatens his home
Eighteen-year-old Nelson Kanuk's yard is disappearing. Eight feet last spring. Five feet last summer.
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The government is engineering cyborg spy animals (really)
Science writer Emily Anthes has a new book out that covers all the ways we're tinkering with animals and turning them into cyborgs, ready to obey our every whim.
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Obama to require climate assessments for big projects like highways and pipelines
Federal agencies will soon have to consider climate change impacts when they do environmental impact assessments.
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Standing Up for Clean Water When States Won’t
Imagine that you’ve grown up in a beautiful, hilly countryside near many streams where you played and fished as a child. Now, years later, you can’t even let your own kids or grandkids play in those same waterways because of pollution from a nearby mountaintop-removal coal mine. Such is the reality for thousands of people […]
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Photos of a lightning storm in a volcano will blow your mind
Did you know that volcanic eruptions can sometimes generate lightning? Well, they can, and it's spectacular.
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Chicago tackles the next big challenge in urban ag: Growing farmers
City officials unveil plans to create a new generation of growers who will turn thousands of vacant lots into Chicago's bread baskets.
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Shark dies in L.A. pool while filming a commercial, miraculously has no cocaine in system
A shark meant for a Kmart commercial died in an above-ground pool in Van Nuys, in Los Angeles. Not a dignified way to go.
