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Screw being ladylike on a bike
Eff gender expectations of being sporty or sexy or both; just get your feet on the pedals!
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Ask Umbra: How do I know if my local swimming hole is safe?
A reader wonders if it's OK for her kids to dip into a nearby river. Umbra gets testy.
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Insane cycling video will make you hold your breath for two minutes
Grist cannot be held responsible for the peeing of your pants while watching this.
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This giant vacuum will suck the pollution out of rivers
Check out famous vacuum dude James Dyson's design for the M.V. Recyclone boat, a.k.a. the U.S.S. Sucky (in our minds, at least).
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Scientists are using mushrooms to get gold out of your old phone
'Shrooms make it easier to recover precious metals from electronic waste. Hey, is that a dragon eating a rainbow?
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Vegan condoms are so passé — socially conscious rubbers are the new hotness
Buy a condom from L. International, and you help African women get access to safe sex, receive health education, and stop the spread of HIV.
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This beer tastes like crap, and that’s a good thing
"To me there’s a little bit of leather -- new leather, not sweaty leather," says one fan of wild yeast Brettanomyces in booze.
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The tiny house documentary is finally (almost) here! Peek inside the result
Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller built the 127-foot space without a plan. Gutsy!
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There’s something worse than phosphates in England’s wastewater
We're not sure why someone flushed an unidentified sex toy down the sewers of Devon, England, but it sure made a mess.
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Montreal, Boston, NYC: Which city has the best bikeshare program?
What's it really like for a traveler trying to obtain temporary wheels in different cities? We've kicked some tires, and here's what we found.