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Giant monster sushi is as big as your head
These are not "sustainable food," to say the least.
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This video of a rude emu will make you pee yourself in terror/hilarity
Birds are basically dinosaurs, which can seem pretty cool, until one of them is sticking its head in your crotch looking for treats.
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WATCH: Happy Birthday Clean Water Act!
On October 18th, 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed by Congress on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Now, forty years later, our rivers, lakes and bays are in far better condition and nobody is yearning for the days when the Cuyahoga River repeatedly caught on fire and Lake Erie was pronounced “dead.” Yet, it’s hard […]
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Savvy voters demand to know: Who’s the real Mr. Coal?
And by "savvy," we mean, "absolutely zero."
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Cue the math: McKibben’s roadshow takes aim at Big Oil
Armed with numbers and outrage, Bill McKibben and 350.org hit the road to jumpstart a campus divestment movement aimed at the fossil-fuel industry.
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Female komodo dragons live half as long as males because they do so much frickin’ housework
Female komodo dragons live half as long as males. This is because they exhaust themselves raising children, which, if they are female, can in turn exhaust themselves and die young.
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Bad acid trip: A beach bum’s guide to ocean acidification
We're dumping so much carbon we're radically changing the PH of the oceans (bad news if you like seafood). Here’s the lowdown on how ocean acidification works, and why it sucks.
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Fracking banned in Connecticut — the word, not the deed
The Hearst Connecticut Media Group has banned readers from using the word "frack" in comments on their news sites. Well, shale.
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How deadly are the mosquitoes near you? Come find out
2012 has been a bad year for West Nile cases in the U.S. Which states are hardest hit? Let's just say you might want to avoid Texas.
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Supreme Court decision could lead to ‘water anarchy’ in the West
A Supreme Court decision in a Texas vs. Oklahoma water fight could have big implications across the country, especially in a time of drought.
