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College students design home with $2 energy bills
It's not a solar panel attached to a shoebox, either -- it's a three-bedroom, 1,925-square-foot craftsman-style house.
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![Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 14, 2014.]()
![Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 14, 2014.]()
Insane wildfires arrive months early in SoCal, threaten nuke plant
Drought-ravaged Southern California is aflame.
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Ask Umbra: Can I sneak a compost bin past my homeowners association?
A reader wants to start composting without offending their nosy neighborhood group. Umbra detects a whiff of rebellion.
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Dream of cradling a beaver in your arms? Live vicariously through this Colorado hairdresser!
Sherri Tippie is just an ordinary Colorado hairdresser who happens to love beavers.
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This pâté tastes just like chicken, but it’s made from baby flies
"There is no distinct taste. It depends on how you spice them and how you prepare them," says the inventor. If you say so, dude ...
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How women will save the Earth
A new dad ponders the fragility of life, and the power of strong women.
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Rap video exposes seedy underbelly of stolen bike black market
Froggy Fresh, the young rapper formerly known as Krispy Kreme, drops some dark truth about the rarity of recovering a stolen bike.
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One use for 150,000 plastic bottles: Build your own personal island
If you weren't already convinced the creator is a total hippie: His shower water spouts out of a seashell.
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Alec Baldwin gets cuffed for biking the wrong way: Here’s how it (maybe) went down
"Jack Donaghy makes his own rules."
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Not so fast: Can hangry activists effectively fight climate change?
And no, that’s actually not a rhetorical question.
