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Squirrel population explosion: Less cute than it sounds
Because it was so warm last winter, there are now tons of squirrels around. And they're hungry.
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How the New Politics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
After the 2000 census, many states used politics and innovative mapping technology to gerrymander new electoral districts to lock in gains for one party or the other. California politicians, for example, drew new “safe” seats and the result was hyper-partisanship and politicians who didn’t need to pay attention to anyone that wasn’t singing from their […]
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Electric bike technology is making wheelchairs more badass
Electric bikes: not just good for the environment, also good for humanity.
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Newly discovered super-advanced biocarbon device: anchovy poop!
(At the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative we are constantly on the hunt for ways to improve the carbon storage capacity of natural systems. One of my partners in the project, Rhys Roth, came across this new scientific study on the importance of fish poop. One way to help remove the carbon load in the Earth’s atmosphere! […]
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Here’s Bob Ross feeding a baby squirrel with a bottle
It's a video of "happy little trees" painter Bob Ross feeding a squirrel from a bottle. There's really just nothing else to say about this.
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David Quammen says we better brace for the next Big One
The veteran science writer isn't worried about earthquakes -- he's talking about diseases that come from wild animals as we tear into the Earth's last wild places.
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American acceptance of the existence of bears is again on the rise
A new poll finds more Americans are accepting the reality of climate change. But are we accepting it's a bear of a problem? Maybe.
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As the climate warms, corn production starts slowly moving north
The corn harvest was down in Kansas this year. Meanwhile, 700 miles north in the Canadian province of Manitoba, the corn crop is booming.
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For only $10,000, you could have a jug of 1992 McJordan BBQ sauce
It's named after Michael Jordan, like everything else in the 1990s.
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Here’s why you should never stick your head out of a train window
We get it: Trains are cool, and wind in your hair is cool, and you like to put cool things on Instagram. But this video of a girl sticking her head out a train window to take pictures should demonstrate to you why you should not stick your head out a train window to take […]
