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Soon, you’ll be able to use New York’s pay phones to call the year 1993
A new use for the 5,000 useless pay phones in NYC: You can use them to hear recorded messages about what life was like in NYC when people actually used them.
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Cape Wind wins billions in backing, launches offshore wind in the U.S.
With $2 billion of funding committed, the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound looks like it will be the first offshore wind farm in the country. It certainly won't be the last.
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Climate change is killing the corn cob pipe
Higher temperatures and drought are hurting the quality of corn cobs and causing trouble for the country's last corn cob pipe producer.
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Do trees fight crime in Philadelphia?
More greenery is linked to lower crime rates, a new study finds.
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Writer and local-living maestra Christie Aschwanden chats live with Grist readers
Aschwanden spent a year connecting to her "local habitat" and discovered that it was not only better for the planet -- it was better for her, too.
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Green labels on candy bars are designed to trick you
New research backs up what candy pushers already know: Printing the nutritional info for candy bars on green backgrounds makes the candy appear more healthful.
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Here’s what 2,000 calories really looks like
What does 2,000 calories look like? It looks like 285 almonds ... or 16 bananas ... or seven bagels ... or two and a half Cinnabons.
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Melting ice is a boon for archaeology
Humanity's history is flashing before our eyes as the glaciers melt, and archaeologists are kind of psyched about it.
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Scientists: To save the lions, fence them in
While it's romantic and all to think about lions roaming free, the reality is that lions that are not roaming free -- that are living in fenced-in reserves -- are doing better than the ones who can wander wherever they want.
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Wyoming and energy companies can keep fracking chemicals secret, court rules
Residents of Wyoming want to know what chemicals frackers are pumping into the ground. State officials know, but state officials won't tell.
