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Black spidery thingies on Mars will probably kill us all
Every once in awhile, a bit of science crosses your path, and you think, yes, this is how we're all going to die.
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This winter’s snowstorms will have names like Draco, Q, and Khan
The Weather Channel wants to name winter storms things like "Gandolf." That's Gandolf with an O, got it? It has NOTHING TO DO with Tolkein.
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A ‘radical homemaker’ shares her secret to greener, more affordable meat eating
With her new book "Long Way on a Little," the author of "Radical Homemakers" talks about how to use the bones, fat, and extra parts of grass-fed animals to make them last.
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New coal ads: Industry hits Obama, Obama hits Romney
In new ads, the coal industry claims to be "clean" and Obama slams Romney for exploiting miners who were forced to attend a rally and lost a day's pay.
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Watch an octopus take apart a camera while punching a shark
To researchers, this baited camera is equipment for monitoring underwater ecosystems. To an octopus, it's just a complicated lunchbox.
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Bhutan wants to be the world’s first 100 percent organic country
To be fair, the country's already most of the way there.
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Meet the lake so polluted that spending an hour there would kill you
Thanks to a secret government nuclear facility, Lake Karachay may be the most polluted spot on the planet.
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What can climate hawks expect from the first presidential debate?
Moderator Jim Lehrer isn't likely to ask a direct question about climate change, but you can bet that energy policy will come up. David Roberts offers a primer.
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Why won’t Obama address rising grass prices?
With the drought driving up hay prices, farmers and ranchers are increasingly reporting theft.
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Yet another oil sheen spotted in Gulf of Mexico
The government has spotted another oily mess in the Gulf. It isn't totally sure it's from BP. Yet, anyway.
