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Wanna know what’s in that fracking fluid? Tough
A Texas law requiring companies to disclose what's in fracking fluid has a loophole: If the info is a "trade secret," they don't have to tell.
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1904 song encourages you to make out in the newly built subway
This scandalicious, vaguely suggestive song called the subway "a new lover's lane."
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Renewable energy consumption is expected to keep rising in the U.S. — sort of
Renewables in the U.S. are expected to increase 4.2 percent this year, but that trend could get quashed if Congress doesn't renew a tax credit for wind power.
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Community Solar Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Sunlight falls almost anywhere, in every community. So it would make sense for any number of people in that community to team up to harness the sun and make clean, local power. Sadly, it isn’t as easy as it should be, as illustrated by the Vashon Community Solar Project in Washington State. The Vashon project […]
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Cities make spiders gigantic
According to a new study, spiders living in cities are notably bigger than those living out in the bush.
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This lamp tells you the weather by puffing out clouds in your house
It's a lamp that tells you what the weather is. We don't understand how it works but we would buy one.
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Is it just us, or does it seem a little warm for December?
It's December, the time of year when you just want to huddle up with a roaring fire to provide comfort from the … unseasonably warm temperatures outside.
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Men think it’s perfectly fine to eat meat because PENISES
Women who eat meat tend to ignore that it's bad for the environment. Men tend to come up with all kinds of reasons to do what they feel like doing anyway.
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The world is producing 2.4 million pounds of CO2 a second
Meaning that the stark, unhappy statement of total 2011 production we made a few weeks ago was too low.
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Nanoparticles in your food? You’re already eating them
What's engineered in a lab, added to processed foods, and never labeled? If you thought GMOs were mysterious, try nanoparticles.
