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We used to respect animals enough to give them a fair trial before putting them to death
What changed? Factory farming was introduced.
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Can we afford to give a $40 billion gift to oil companies?
BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and pals have been pumping millions of barrels of oil from the Gulf of Mexico without paying a dime in royalties.
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Street photographer gets screwed by corporation, responds by raising money for disadvantaged kids
Our favorite street photographer, Humans of New York, had his photos used without compensation. His response? Raising money to send kids to camp.
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This funny-looking creature is your ancestor, and it needs a name
The best option right now is to call it the "hypothetical placental mammal," which doesn't really have much of a ring to it.
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For just $65 and the cost of a trip to Japan, you can have a gummi bear that looks just like you
This gummi portrait is being promoted as a romantic gift. Because who doesn't want to gnaw the head off their boyfriend from time to time?
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BP testifies: We knew about ‘big risk’ of explosion
A top BP official tells the court that the company knew there was a "big risk" of a Deepwater Horizon disaster before it happened.
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Screaming goats are now doing karaoke
Oh, internet. There's not a single thing you won't either make porn of or mash up with Nicki Minaj.
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Wasted? Eat this burger the size of an IKEA lamp
In a world of gross burgers they just keep outdoing themselves. WTF.
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Inside the military’s clean-energy revolution
Damn the deniers, the doubters, and the do-nothing Congress. The Pentagon is moving full green ahead.
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Back to the land again: Folk schools teach skills for modern-day survival
A new generation of homesteaders heads to the woods to learn about beekeeping, artisanal bread making, how to make an electric car -- you know, the basics.
