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Cargill recalls over 29,000 pounds of ground beef
Cook your meat, America.
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Fracking research: Industry-sponsored, unclear, and misinterpreted
Science: Harder for people who aren't scientists.
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The lesser of two evils: Why food advocates are pushing for a farm bill they don’t love
Sustainable food advocates don't like the farm bills drafted by the House or the Senate, but they're pushing Congress to pass a final bill before the current one runs out Sept. 30 anyway.
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The $1.3 billion wasted in the debt ceiling fight could buy a lot of Merlot
But the political value to the Republican party was priceless.
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Republicans want end to regulations, you eaten by alligator
House Republicans are pushing a bill that would ban any new major regulations until unemployment drops below 6 percent. Really.
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Here’s a mama polar bear helping her baby to safety
It’s sort of unfortunate that polar bears have become such a symbol of the need to protect our natural world, because while I support them being alive and all, they are also cold-eyed killers that if given a chance would eat you and everyone you care about (adorable sled-dog stories notwithstanding.) But still, this is […]
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Levitating LED light bulb could easily be the coolest thing in your house
The internet is full of makers, creating homebrewed technology out of stuff they have lying around, but every so often someone makes a thing that I can totally see as the centerpiece of tomorrow’s science-fiction way of life. For instance, this levitating LED bulb.
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Drought in U.S. is terrible news for the whole wide world
Reading the papers this weekend probably made you thirsty.
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In Copenhagen, you can check bikes out from the bicycle library
We love a good bike share, but you have to admit that the bikes all look the same. Meanwhile, people’s bicycle preferences and needs are as varied as … well, as their taste in books. Which is why Copenhagen, always first with the bike innovations, lets you borrow bikes from the bicycle library.
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Are more colorful lobsters a bad sign?
More and more unusually colored lobsters are being reported, as stocks in Maine spike and those in Connecticut plummet.
