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Moss-covered keyboard lets you commune with nature while you work
It's a keyboard made out of moss and wood. It wasn't on our Christmas list, but it's cool. And maybe if we worked on it we'd actually feel like we were outside?
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Koch’ed up: Petcoke’s political pollution
If there is a statistical correlation between dirty oil and dirty politics, we have yet to fully quantify it – but you can add this to the growing pile of anecdotal evidence that the dirtiest political players are responsible for some of the dirtiest energy on the planet. William Koch – the “other” Koch brother […]
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Candy Crowley’s weird dismissal of climate change
After Tuesday's debate, Crowley said that one of the audience members "had that question for all of you climate change people," but she chose to skip it.
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Sadly believable fake TED talk solves the fuel problem for good
"Step one: Devise an idea to create a car that runs on compost. Step two: Create the car. We've already completed step one. We're halfway there."
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My TEDx talk on climate, pimped out
David Roberts' TEDx talk on climate has gotten a boost from some added imagery and music. It makes an amazing difference.
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More Americans are biking to work — but not enough of them are women
More than 770,000 Americans now bike to work, new Census data shows -- but women still make up a small minority of the bike commuters.
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25 species of primate are on the brink of extinction
The future doesn't look so bright for our primate brethren. But conservation efforts are helping at least some species hang on.
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Now that you can send smells through your phone, why even bother leaving the house?
A Japanese company has created a device that attaches to the bottom of an iPhone and that sends smells over the internet.
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Dodgers pitcher sues pipeline company to protect endangered cats
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett is suing to protect the ocelots that hang out on his south Texas ranch.
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Bikers are better than drivers for the economy
Bikers, it turns out, are better consumers than car-drivers.
