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Tiny bugs are pooping in your face
You know what? We changed our mind. Stop saving the planet and BURN IT. Because we don’t want to live in a world where rosacea is caused by the feces-bloated torsos of mites that live inside your pores. Sadly, that’s exactly the world we live in, as researchers from the National University of Ireland have […]
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The hurricane (Isaac) is dead. Long live the hurricane (Kirk).
And waiting in the wings -- Leslie, the second-earliest "L" storm in history.
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8-year-old gets rich off whale vomit and decides to open an animal shelter
Charlie Naysmith is the sort of kid who, when he unexpectedly finds a rock-like substance worth tens of thousands of dollars, donates it all to help animals.
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Al Gore condemns media for dropping the ball on climate change coverage
The Goracle had some harsh words for the press after its tepid reaction to news of record Arctic ice melt.
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Guess what’s coming to dinner? The unprocessed food challenge continues
Having sworn off of hot dogs and Doritos, Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, sets out to a backyard barbecue at a friend’s house. Her mission: to pass on the processed foods without coming off as a jerk.
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Wondering which condoms to buy? Science has the answer
Debby Herbenick knows how you feel about condoms. You know you need them, but you just want to go into the drugstore, get them, and get the hell out of there. (This is basically why they invented those self-service checkout things: As embarrassing as it is to buy condoms, imagine being the person on the […]
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This cute kid is BFFs with a bunch of marmots
Marmots are not known for being particularly friendly. This famous scene in The Big Lebowski demonstrates quickly and comprehensively what humans can generally expect from marmots, i.e. they look nice and then they will fuck your shit up in a bathtub. But this little boy, Matteo Walch, is basically the Marmot Whisperer. He visits the Austrian […]
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Vintage ads want you to eat vitamin donuts, put babies in cellophane, and spray everything with DDT
We don't think anything from our time period, besides possibly the Double Down, will cause as much consternation in the future as these vintage ads do now.
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This weird biking/running harness is part transportation, part torture device
We were dusting off our “I” files today and came across this treasure under “inexplicable inventions.” What is this? Well. First of all, it’s called a Fliz, and it’s kind of like a bike, but you strap it around your shoulders like a harness and then power it with your feet. Basically, it’s a cross between […]
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People think cloud computing involves actual clouds
We know that people often confuse weather and climate, but apparently a lot of people also confuse weather and weather-related metaphors.
