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Prehistoric poo yields clues about concentration of people in the environment
Scientists have found that a chemical found in human feces is a good way to figure out where people have lived and for how long and in what concentrations.
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Super-rare fast-food worker strike hits NYC
Workers are organizing at dozens of McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Domino's, and Papa John's locations city-wide.
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No Keystone XL? Big Oil will just take the train
Thanks to anti-pipeline activism and a North American oil boom, more crude is being transported by rail.
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Meet the new fish named after Barack Obama (and the ones for Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Al Gore)
Etheostoma obama, the spangled darter, was secretly spawned in Kenya.
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As another coal mine closes, the government says to expect more closures in the future
And even pie-in-the-sky ideas like carbon capture won't turn the trend around.
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Forget everything you’re doing and just daydream about jumping on this 170-foot-long trampoline in a forest
Maybe all sidewalks should be trampolines?
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Potential secretary of state candidate Susan Rice faces questions over TransCanada investments
OnEarth magazine uncovered large financial ties between Rice and businesses with a stake in Keystone XL. Does it matter?
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This Twitter feed is written by actual wild birds
Latvian artist Voldemars Dudums' bird-feeder keyboard tempts tomtits to tweet.
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Watch an escaped baby zebra run amok on Staten Island
Unfortunately for Razzi, he is a super-cute baby zebra, which means he attracted quite a lot of attention and was caught too quickly for anyone to even set up an @EscapedBabyZebra parody Twitter account.
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Swedish town is installing antidepressant bus stops
Umea, Sweden installed anti-bum-out UV lights at its bus stops. They are hoping to decrease depression caused by a long, dark winter.
