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Big mystery: U.S. oil production hits 14-year high, gas prices not at 14-year low
We're as puzzled as you are. It's almost like the argument that drilling more will lower gas prices is totally wrong.
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Google is making a Street View for hiking trails
Lucky Google employees get to hike around all day with a camera and call it work, so that you can know what to expect when you get out on the trail.
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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.
