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Watch a scared penguin get up the nerve to jump in the water
This penguin seems to have momentarily forgotten that he is a seabird. Hey penguin, what are you, CHICKEN?
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Dried-up pee from small fuzzy creatures has a lot to offer climate scientists
Hyrax communities also tend to settle in at particular spots. So these pee records can go back millennia -- scientists found one spot where hyraxes have been peeing for 55,000 years.
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Our Lunch Counter Moment
“Dark and cold we may be, but this Is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins to move; The thunder is the thunder of the floes, The thaw, the flood, the upstart Spring. Thank God our time is now when wrong Comes up to face us everywhere, Never to leave us […]
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‘Super mega-pod’ of 100,000 dolphins covers 35 square miles
It was seven miles long, five miles wide, and it contained an estimated 100,000 dolphins.
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Anti-climate House Science committee now worried about the critical threat of asteroids
Committee chair Rep. Smith has suggested that the threat of climate change is overblown, but now worries about space rocks.
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Rampaging bunnies are attacking cars in Denver
Airport employees think that they're seeking refuge under cars because it's warm there. But we know the truth: The bunnies are a secret guerilla force on the rampage, out to undermine the prevalence of cars in this country.
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Snake wearing a sweater — NSFW
It's nice to knit your snake a sweater so he won't be cold in the winter, but maybe don't make it pink.
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Ask Umbra: What eco-gift should we give our employees?
A reader has visions of free travel mugs in every cubicle. Umbra offers a steaming cup of good advice.
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Would you like germs with that? Why food workers need paid sick days
The National Restaurant Association doesn't think workers should get paid sick leave. Which means more waiters sneezing in your salad -- or worse.
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Tens of thousands march on White House in rally for climate action
Depending on who you ask, there were 30,000, 40,000, even 50,000 people in Washington, D.C. Sunday to lobby for political action on climate change.
