Climate Culture
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This is what you’d get if Wes Anderson rode a fixie and spray-painted walls
Aaand now we want to spend a sunny spring day listening to Mark Mothersbaugh and lazily pedaling a candy-colored bike.
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That new-car smell is making Hurricane Katrina survivors sick
Formaldehyde is just one part of the chemical soup comprising the iconic smell. And poorly ventilated FEMA trailers reek of the scent.
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Watch a pangolin play in the mud like a puppy
These endangered creatures look like walking artichokes. They also happen to be adorable.
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Wish you could fertilize crops with pee? Urine luck
The Rich Earth Institute leads the way in showing America how to "peecycle."
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This invasive worm could wipe out escargot
If you like French food, we've got some bad news: Snails could go extinct throughout Europe.
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Depressing new study says you’re right to freak out about climate change
Bad news: Our CO2 will warm the planet even more than previously thought. (Now go look at some cute animals or something, OK?)
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This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America
Here's an unsettling look at the Walmart-ification of the U.S., starting in Arkansas in 1962 and ending with total domination. Er, thousands of stores.
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Abandoned boats get new life as gorgeous winery buildings
An architect couple used discarded boats at a nearby port to build a lovely upcycled wine production facility.
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Finally, someone wrote an opera about subsistence farming
“I thought, well, homesteading isn’t a typical subject that you see represented in opera,” the composer said. Um, true that.
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Oreos were just the subject of international espionage
A former DuPont employee stole the recipe for a whitening chemical, almost giving China the secret to Oreo filling.
