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Should I kill my weeds by peeing on them?
A reader wonders if urine will get rid of unwanted weeds. Umbra says, sadly, it's piss poor.
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The 8 most clueless Earth Day tweets from Corporate America
The World's Most Unloved Holiday barely beat out Paris Hilton's dead chihuahua for Facebook's No. 1 trending news story, but a win is a win!
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Earth Day is dead. Long live the soul of Earth Day
The organizers of the original Earth Day set out to unite progressive causes. Can the climate movement succeed where Earth Day failed?
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Meet the scientists making new climate discoveries (and fudge) at the South Pole
T.J. Fudge (yes, he makes a mean fudge) and the other researchers are looking at ice cores at the South Pole, for new clues about regional climate change.
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3 delicious cocktails to help you drink away Earth Day
We’re here to help you celebrate Earth Day in a way that is actually fun and acknowledges the current state of Earth-affairs: With climate-change cocktails.
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Earth Day doesn’t suck this year, thanks to Woman Crush Wednesday
This week's roundup comes alongside two green holidays, depending on what (or how) you like to celebrate.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “StarTalk” puts science in the late-night spotlight
Maybe -- just maybe! -- Nat Geo's StarTalk will teach us that the best way to make people take science seriously is to find a way to laugh at it.
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Watch John Oliver introduce our obscene new Earth Day mascot
John Oliver proposes a new mascot for Earth Day we can all get behind: Marshmallow, the polar bear with a broken penis.
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These charts show why corn is king
Check out our infographic on corn and subsidies.
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“Ex Machina” takes on nature vs. nurture — with robo-babes
Ex Machina, the new film written and directed by Alex Garland, explores -- quite sordidly at times -- what "power" really means.