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This miniature city is made of 100,000 staples
This is significantly more creative than we've ever gotten with office supplies.
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The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse
People are overusing naturally occurring aquifers the world over. This has massive implications for food production in the near future.
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Sperm whales sleep standing up
Sperm whales spend most of their time sailing lazily through the deep, only occasionally stopping to have a terrifying penis. (The ones in the video are right whales, but I assume the sperm whale is much the same.) Basically, their normal activity looks not unlike you and me sleeping. But it turns out their sleeping […]
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Kobe Bryant and LeBron James use public transit at the Olympics
If the American men's Olympic basketball team can use public transportation, so can everybody else.
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West Nile virus outbreak causes Dallas to declare emergency
Is climate change to blame? Hard to say. Is this a preview of coming attractions for everywhere else? Could very well be.
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This couple moved all their worldly possessions using only bikes
Moving is stressful, and most of us deal with it by renting a ginormo truck, dumping our stuff in it (or bribing our buddies to dump our stuff in it), and hoping that nothing in our newspaper-packed boxes breaks. But Anthony and Jess Reiss decided to take a chance on a potentially really, really stressful […]
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How to keep the 2012 drought from draining your wallet
Diminishing corn supplies could drive fuel prices up, power plants could heat up important bodies of water, and dry weather could force homes and farms to compete for water. Here's what you can do to ease the pressure.
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Umbra’s second helpings: The good kind of inflation [VIDEO]
Feeling the pressure of high gas prices? Umbra's pumped to show you how properly inflated tires save oil and money.
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Harry Reid slugs fossil fuels in the face
The Senate's top Democrat isn't only throwing punches at Romney. He's also got it in for climate deniers and the coal industry.
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Court to FDA: 35 years is too long to procrastinate on curbing antibiotics in meat
The Food and Drug Administration found in 1977 that heavy use of antibiotics in livestock was causing problems -- and it still hasn't done anything about it.
