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Miami’s public transit is so bad, advocates have been reduced to building fake train stations
For a brief time last week, students from a local university had a whole new train station up and running -- a stop on the Purple Line, with vendors, music, crowds, and imaginary trains running into the station on a regular basis.
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Australia’s latest invasive species concern is a giant snail that will eat your house
Last time giant African snails showed up in Australia, they ate crops and house siding and took eight months to eradicate. One just showed up in a shipping container in Brisbane. Dun-duh-DUNNNNNNH.
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Flammable ice will help power the planet, then make it even hotter
Methane hydrates under the deep-sea floor are a huge potential source of energy -- and CO2 emissions. Japan has just figured out how to tap them.
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The prize in this ‘lobster claw’ machine is an actual live lobster
Usually when you play with your food before you eat it, it is already dead and cooked.
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Oil barge crashes into gas pipeline in Louisiana, triggers big fire
A tugboat captain was among those injured after an oil barge crashed into a natural-gas pipeline south of New Orleans.
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A new board game where kids rescue polar bears from real, melting ice
Meltdown comes with a special ice cube tray, so you can rescue polar bear game pieces from a tabletop-sized melting Arctic.
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Make your clothes last longer by coating them in flame-retardant fish sperm
Fish sperm makes a good flame retardant. It's also really great for mixing with fish eggs to make more fish to make more fish sperm.
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Could Waxman’s new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?
Waxman and several other Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Another George Bush runs for office in Texas, talks up oil and gas drilling
George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush, has kicked off a campaign to run for Texas land commissioner next year. Drill, baby Bush, drill!
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The new SimCity: Green urbanist dream, gamer nightmare
Launched last week, the new game has been plagued by technical problems and claims that it has a secret green agenda.
