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Residents of Key West have a choice: dengue fever or GMO mosquitoes?
Oh, we forgot one. The existing solution to the mosquito problem is widespread use of insecticide. Probably not much more appealing.
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Hot out? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again
Well, not everyone. But maybe enough to sway Congress if we make a few adjustments.
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New San Francisco legislation will jump-start urban farming
On Tuesday, San Francisco passed game-changing legislation that should cement the city’s role as a national leader in urban food production.
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Map shows where the biggest couch potatoes live (and it’s NOT the U.S.!)
A group of researchers looked at health surveys covering 89 percent of the world’s population and came to a surprising conclusion — Americans are not the least active people on the planet. Six in 10 of us get “30 minutes of moderate exercise five days a week,” “20 minutes of vigorous exercise three days a […]
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‘Climategate’ investigation winds down with a whimper
If you are really, really into the nuances of the fake Climategate scandal, you'll love this post.
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Tiny squid may be killing themselves by having too much sex
Marathon three-hour sex sessions may SOUND like a good idea, but if you’re a 2.8-inch long southern dumpling squid, it may tire you out so much that you can’t feed or protect yourself, says a new study.
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How the White House weakened EPA’s soot standard
A report from the Washington Post demonstrates
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How’s the weather, America? July 18 edition
Once again, there's so much terrible weather news that we cram it all into one post.
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19th-century London had a train line just for dead people
Back in mid-19th century England, public transportation was popular enough that even dead people had their own railway. P. D. Smith writes: The London Necropolis Railway station was constructed by the London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company, specifically to serve their Brookwood Cemetery, 25 miles away in Woking, Surrey. The Company’s logo was, somewhat ghoulishly, […]
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Travel to the South Pole via Google Street View
There may not strictly be streets in Antarctica, but that hasn’t stopped Google from trekking its Street View cameras through some of the continent’s most impressive landmarks. Now you can visit penguin rookeries, the South Pole Telescope, and the actual (ceremonial) South Pole without leaving your desk.
