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Another reason to save trees: Without them, art looks stupid
One scientist photoshopped all of the trees out of a few famous paintings.
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The amazing peacock spider wants to shake its sexy flaps at you
Here, get a little closer -- they're really tiny
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This video will make you want to either have or be a pet hippo
She gets coffee and head-rubs and then goes to sleep with the dog! It's a pretty sweet life being a pet hippo.
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Shell’s Arctic drilling flunks even the lax air pollution standards it weakened
The hits keep on coming.
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Is the bikini wax fad threatening to make pubic lice extinct?
The evidence is pretty slim
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Beijing air pollution goes off the charts as electricity use climbs
The thick yellow air over China's capital city bodes poorly for life in its still-hot economy.
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Finally your stupid body is good for something: Powering a watch
Scientists have come up with a way to make you useful. They can harness your body heat to power devices. No, you're not going to get paid.
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Flesh choice: A meat lover’s guide to giving it up
Good for you? Check. Good for the planet? Check. But how to keep from falling off the meat wagon? Our carnivorous author commences an experiment in provisional vegetarianism.
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Ask Umbra: Can I have a kid and be car-free?
A reader wonders if she is depriving her child of life’s pleasures by choosing not to drive. Fortunately, Umbra wasn’t Bjorn yesterday.
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Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave ‘encroaching on entirely new territory’
Tim Flannery, Australia's top climate commissioner, says current record-breaking harsh weather is a sign of things to come.
