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Bye bye bumblebee: Honeybees aren’t the only pollinators in danger
The honeybee calamity has overshadowed the distressing fate of their native cousins, whose disappearance threatens the future of nearly every blooming wild plant.
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NYC’s first day of summer: White hot, hungry for power
Temperatures on the east coast are spiking – and so is electricity usage. Take a sneak peek at the future.
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50-million-year-old turtles having sex
Scientists in Germany have found fossils of turtles mating that are nearly 50 million years old. That makes them the oldest fossils of vertebrates going at it that we’ve found so far. I think this sort of thing needs more exposure in schools. Hey, kids: go into paleontology, and your big discovery could be ancient […]
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Since 2001, one activist a week has died defending the environment
With increased competition for scarce resources, it's hard to believe that the problem won't get worse.
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Look at this picture of the Arctic now, because it’s probably your last chance
This image (click to embiggen, click here to embiggen A LOT) was stitched together from photos taken by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite. It shows the Arctic in all its glory — or anyway, all its remaining glory. The ice cover there has been decreasing fast enough that within 20 years, a photo of the Arctic […]
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Romney opposes mercury rule, beclowns himself again
Let's take a minute to mock the Romney campaign's stance on mercury and other toxic power plant emissions.
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The Christmas lights of the future will run on firefly juice
Fireflies make light without electricity, and by copying them, scientists have figured out how to do the same thing. Only instead of the yellowish light of fireflies in the night, a team at Syracuse University has figured out how to make green and orange and red light — all out of firefly juice.
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EPA to consider whether Alabama landfill violates community’s civil rights
The complaint, filed by residents of a predominantly African-American community, argues that the landfill is a discriminatory violation of the Civil Rights Act.
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Here’s how McDonald’s makes its food look good enough to eat
Ever wonder why McDonald’s food in commercials looks like food, but in real life looks barftacular? Watch this video to find out.
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Domino’s thinks pizza is too complicated for calorie counts
Domino’s doesn’t want to tell you how many calories are in that Bacon Cheeseburger Feast pizza, so they’re pulling out the Teen Talk Barbie defense: “Math is hard!” According to the company, there are 34 million ways to customize a Domino’s pizza, all of which result in a meal that tastes like wet cardboard. With […]
