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Baby gorillas have figured out how to dismantle hunting snares
In the forests of Rwanda, mountain gorillas sometimes get caught in snares that were intended for game like antelopes. Adult gorillas can often escape; younger ones aren’t always so lucky. But staff at the Karisoke Research Center recently observed young gorillas finding and dismantling the traps before anyone could get caught, reports National Geographic News: […]
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This kid is Grist’s new hero
This photo is from 2011, but we just saw it going around the internet, and we kind of want a poster to hang up in the office.
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Whooping cough cases on track for 50-year high
The culprit, according to the CDC, isn't a lack of vaccinations -- it's that the vaccinations may be too weak.
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Holy crap, iceberg tsunami!
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to almost get flattened by a collapsing glacier, now you can find out. This boat was right in the line of fire — er, ice — so this video is the next best thing to being there. Actually, it’s the first best thing, because being there looks like […]
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Mapping the government’s local food work as a way to keep it alive
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass is more than just a window into the government's local food work. It's also an effort to ensure that work continues.
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How’s the weather, America? We want to hear from you
This summer, we're getting a sneak peek at what the new climate normal could look like. If you have photos of this year's crazy weather, we’d love to see them.
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A tragicomic tale of coal industry incompetence and disregard
Watch, as the operators of the Reid Gardner coal plant in Nevada are asked about coal ash and reveal astonishing levels of both insensitivity and incompetence.
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Thinking outside the parks: Green space spreads in the Big Apple
When you think of parks in New York City, you probably imagine the big dogs -- Central Park, or Prospect. But the green is seeping through the city, and we’d be wise to take notice.
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GOP tries to block black-lung protections. Big Tobacco would be proud
As always, Big Tobacco leads the way in developing innovative arguments about why their profits are more important than the people they kill.
