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Isabella Rossellini knows more about bees than you do
We don't really know how or if we can save the bees, but that doesn't mean the actress won't do her best to try.
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Sea sick: Another virus crashes Canada’s salmon farms
Viruses that devastate fish farms, like the one that broke out last month in British Columbia, could have serious implications for wild salmon populations.
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Good news: The EPA isn’t watching you with drones
But surely they're up to no good somehow, probably. Stay tuned to Fox News to learn how.
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Bears can count
North American black bears have the largest relative brain size of all carnivores, and apparently they are capable of using that brain power to count. Scientists tested three bears on their ability to look at groups of dots and identify whether one group had fewer or more dots than another. (Two bears were looking for […]
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1.21 Gigawatts!
New Local Solar Policy, Not DeLorean, Moving U.S. to Cleaner Future In the past five years, a new U.S. renewable energy policy has quietly grown more popular, enabling enough solar power (1.21 gigawatts!) to send Michael J. Fox “Back to the Future.” CLEAN programs – Clean Local Energy Accessible Now – have been adopted in […]
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Burrito robot problematizes fast food and nutrition, makes you a disgusting burrito
For his thesis project, Marko Manriquez, “a maker, interactive designer and foodie of all things delicious,” has created a robot that prints “a 3D edible extrusion combining a blend of digital fabrication and gastronomy.” That is the least appetizing possible way of saying “it makes a burrito.” Ladies and gents, we present, the Burritob0t: Why […]
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Help name these weird species
Giving children names is exciting and all, but it is important to consider how they will feel when their name is shouted on the playground. But not so with species! You can name those suckers whatever you want and they will be none the wiser. The Guardian is holding a contest that lets readers indulge […]
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Twitter, storms, and Twitterstorms
Twitter is the tool of choice for influencing the Earth Summit in Rio and stopping traffic deaths in Arizona.
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Climate change is simple: We do something or we’re screwed [my TEDx video]
In April, David Roberts gave a TEDx talk entitled "Climate change is simple." Here, he expands on the points he made during that brief presentation.
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Ask Umbra: How can I get my neighbors to stop spraying pesticides?
A reader's garden has been poisoned by her spray-happy neighbors. Umbra offers ways to help them catch the drift.
