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Maybe don’t tell children they can hug a rabid bat
Hey! Are you a jackass? Then you could probably use this advice: As much goodwill and admiration as you may think you’re earning by knowing everything about everything, I guarantee you it will not make up for what you lose when you tell a 10-year-old to pet a rabid bat. Last week a bunch of […]
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The best pictures of trucks inside trucks inside trucks
Here’s a kind of awesome way to get trucks off the road: put them inside trucks inside other trucks, like some kind of truck turducken. Turtrucken. It’s three, or four, or nine trucks for the carbon footprint of one! This picture came originally via Reddit, so there’s little context, other than that it was taken […]
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Food mega-wholesaler Sysco pledges to liberate pigs from crates
The last year has seen a wave of companies reject one of the worst factory farm practices out there. But Sysco's pledge might have the most impact yet.
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How’s the weather, Grist readers? Oh. Right.
We asked you to share photos of the crazy weather you've seen lately, and the results were just as ridiculous as you'd expect.
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Real world: For residents of one troubled town, climate change seems a long way off
In a town where jobs, violence, and housing are daily concerns, global warming doesn’t make the short list, a local hip hop artist and urban farmer tells the Slow Ride Stories crew.
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U.S. drought could cause global unrest
Twice in the last five years, rising food prices triggered global waves of social unrest. With drought baking U.S. crops, we may be in for another round of society-straining price spikes.
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Drought means bad news for Obama
Research suggests that drought negatively impacts incumbent presidents.
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U.S. lays out the welcome mat for solar on public lands
By identifying 17 sites in the West for solar installation, the government hopes to vastly increase the supply of renewable energy.
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Lake Superior is so hot right now!
Temperature-wise. Popularity-wise, I'm sure it's doing fine.
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World in Serious Trouble on Food Front
In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn, the most in 75 years. A warm early spring got the crop off to a great start. Analysts were predicting the largest corn harvest on record. The United States is the leading producer and exporter of […]
