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Viewer Trust Requires Forecasting the Facts
Why do people watch the local weather report, anyway? That was the question floating just below the surface of last week’s 40th annual broadcast meteorology conference in Boston. Just like their print counterparts, local news stations are being buffeted by the winds of online innovation, and weather is particularly vulnerable. Today, detailed forecasts are just […]
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Awesome commercial shows you how to harness a rude giant’s antisocial tendencies
This power company ad is the most charming and poignant commercial for renewables we've ever seen.
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Stuck in traffic, cancer surgeon commandeers little girl’s bike to get to the hospital
The surgeon borrowed an 8-year-old's pink Schwinn and Disney princess helmet to make it to the operating table in time.
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Why does mass transit in the U.S. cost so much more to build than in other countries?
Basically because we rely too heavily on contractors, allow too much time for construction, and insist on extravagant stations.
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Your meat-eating days are almost over, water experts say
With water shortages looming and global population rising, burgers will soon be a luxury we can't afford, say water experts.
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Shell still doesn’t have its sh*t together on Arctic drilling
Shell is asking the feds for a deadline extension on drilling off the coast of Alaska. Will the company ever actually get its act together? No one knows!
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World’s biggest bus is 98 feet long and can fit 256 passengers
This monster of public transportation is actually three buses chained together into a sort of Vehicular Centipede. It’s nearly 100 feet long, fits 256 passengers, and — if you believe the institute that developed it — is no harder to drive than a regular 40-footer. So basically, it’s a subway train minus the complicated underground […]
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Texans exercise their Second Amendment rights to ward off smart meters
Well, "Texan," singular. But the movement to combat the insidious, intrusive device is real.
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Record drought sends cattle hoofin’ East [VIDEO]
American expansion took ranchers West. Now the drought is forcing them back East in search of greener pastures.
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Arctic sea ice at record low — until the new record next year
Or, to be more optimistic, in 2014.
