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Your CD collection is greener than Spotify
A new report crunched the numbers on your Spotify habit and concluded that it's terrible for energy consumption.
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Chinese McDonald’s selling a very chic, weird, possibly political black/white burger combo
These black and white burgers might have a political message, which seems like a really cumbersome way to communicate.
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New species of monkey can see into your very soul
The lesula is a new species of monkey, and he knows your pain. Just let him gaze at you.
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Dear U.S. government, please get your food waste act together
The bad news: The U.S. is lagging way behind the European Union when it comes to cutting down on wasted food. The good news: It wouldn't be hard for us to follow suit.
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Sweet victory: How to have your unprocessed cake and eat it, too
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, attempts to eat out, and eat dessert, without consuming any processed ingredients. This could get ugly.
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What Obama would do on climate in a second term: Carol Browner explains
President Obama wouldn't likely be able to pass a big climate bill in a second term, says his former energy czar, but he could take a lot of smaller steps that would achieve real emission cuts.
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See-through frog could revolutionize biology class
Man, how much easier would high school biology have been with the glassfrog? Instead of having to dissect a dead animal, you could have just peered through its naturally transparent belly. It’s quicker, cleaner, and has a seriously reduced chance of some douchebag putting a spleen in your hair. io9 talked to an evolutionary biologist […]
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As Congress lets wind tax credit die, the wind industry struggles to finish key projects
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid does not seem inclined to hold a vote on a key tax credit for the wind industry -- and neither do House leaders -- likely dooming the jobs of thousands of workers.
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These guys made $2 million last year selling chicken diapers (and other stuff)
The founders of My Pet Chicken did not plan on starting a gigantic business. They didn't know what a chicken-obsessed nation we were about to become.
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New walkability scoring site factors in safety, attractiveness, and hills
Walk Score is a wonderful thing, but it is not perfect. Therefore, it now has some competitors. The newest would-be Walk Score killer is Walkonomics, a site that tells you more than just how close you are to shops and restaurants and other places to which you might want to walk. FastCoExist explains: Ideally, you […]
