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Giant dog adopts baby chimpanzee
A zookeeper brought an abandoned baby chimp home to live with her mastiff and her mastiff puppies, at which point the chimp decided he was a dog. Here's a day in the life of the chimp and his adopted family.
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‘Himalayan Viagra’ is going extinct
A parasitic caterpillar fungus that grows in the Himalayas has many names, according to Scientific American — yarsagumba, yarchagumba, yartsa gunba, yatsa gunbu. But we are only going to remember one name: Himalayan Viagra. This fungus, which leeches off of Tibetan ghost moth larvae, is said to get the fellas going when boiled and consumed […]
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China’s smog city: What Wuhan looks like with 20 times the U.S. dust limit
Residents of the Chinese province of Wuhan are coping with a smog like you've never seen.
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Soil survivor: An interview with urban farming legend Will Allen
The MacArthur Genius talks about his new book, his organization's recent gift from Walmart, and his hopes for the next generation.
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Romney is not a secret moderate on energy; he’s a Republican
Lots of centrist types think that once Romney's in the White House, his inner moderate will re-emerge. That's because lots of centrist types are naive about American politics.
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Animal instincts: Can we harness human nature to do good for the world?
People are predisposed to wander, but travel has hidden environmental price tags. Human ecologist Bill Durham talks about using our wanderlust to connect people with the planet.
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Romney energy advisor on oil subsidies: Four more years!
Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm will make the case for preserving hand-outs to Big Oil. But is he speaking for himself, or for the campaign?
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We Need New Action on Renewable Electricity at Rio+20
Where does each G20 country stand in terms of wind, solar, geothermal, tidal & wave electricity generation.
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Getting used to being in charge of the planet
Decisions made by people alive today will determine the fate of life on Earth for centuries to come. It's time to take responsibility for our planet.
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California celebrities are wasting electricity moving water around
But then, so is everyone else in the state. The utilities commission broke down electricity use; we made jokes about it.
