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Here’s a guy riding a bicycle the size of a shoe
This Russian video shows a man riding a teeny-tiny bicycle like he’s a bear in the circus. It is mesmerizing.
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Mermaids are real and apparently don’t like taxes or universal health care
Angry Ron Paul delegates and racist peanut throwers were not the only strange attendees of the Republican National Convention. There were also mermaids present.
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If they ban your super-sized soda, would you switch to diet?
Even as New York's soda ban gets close to becoming a reality, several loopholes have public health advocates worried.
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The carbon tax, demystified
Taxes aren’t exactly popular, but the idea of using them to fight climate change is surprisingly resilient. Here’s a primer.
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Explosion at a coal mine in China kills 19
The country's massive and growing demand for coal means enormous pressure to produce.
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Meet Heartland, a just-discovered virus that landed two men in the hospital
It's actually not as big a deal as it sounds. But that won't stop us from going a little Hollywood.
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Surprise! The GOP’s climate position tracks closely with oil industry donations
Republican support for climate action has gone up and down over the years, as have contributions from oil and gas companies.
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West Nile cases hit new record, 66 dead so far this year
In happier news, a cute kitty somewhere drank some milk. You can probably find video of it on YouTube.
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This nine-foot kinetic sculpture of San Francisco is made of over 100,000 toothpicks
Scott Weaver’s “Rolling Through the Bay” is nine feet tall and seven feet wide, i.e. both taller and wider than my bathroom. It’s got four different paths for ping-pong balls to roll through it, tracing “tours” of various San Francisco landmarks. It took 3,000 hours over 35 years to finish. And it’s made of nothing […]
