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Polar bears: Nature’s first line of defense against monsters
The San Diego Zoo's polar bear Tatqiq killed Frankenstein's monster so you don't have to.
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Big Coal in big trouble as coal production costs rise
What's driving the decline of the U.S. coal industry? It's not just EPA regs and cheap natural gas. Coal is getting more expensive to produce.
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Need some traffic Zen? Try Honku, short poems to channel your road rage
I live right near 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, a pretty major road, and ever since yesterday morning, when people started trying to drive into Manhattan, the cars on the road have been honking. Honk. Honk. Hoooooonk. It is starting to get on my nerves, and after a particularly loud, low, and really much too long […]
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My attempt to get through Manhattan, live
In which I attempt to get from upper Manhattan to Brooklyn in a city whose transportation systems are still recovering.
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New Jersey is running out of gas
Gasoline has emerged as a critical -- and scarce -- commodity in the wake of Sandy.
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This motorcycle runs on air
The O2 Pursuit has a top speed of 87 mph and can go 62 miles on one standard SCUBA tank full of compressed air. I
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When climate change destroys the potato, we’ll all have to eat bananas
As the world gets warmer, we will have fewer potatoes. But we will have lots of bananas and cassava. So don't worry.
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Michael Bloomberg: The consequences of making a mistake on climate change are severe
New York's mayor outlines why he thinks climate action is important in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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Check out the insanely long line for a Brooklyn-Manhattan bus this morning
Among the NYC subways that are not running yet? The ones that run from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
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In wake of Sandy, media may finally be willing to discuss climate change
The scale and destruction of Hurricane Sandy has made the issue of climate change impossible to ignore by politicians and the media -- even Fox is getting in on the action.
