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Games changer: Can the U.S. win golds with no snow?
If we continue to crank up the heat, there will be no skiing at all in Park City, Utah, by the end of the century. In an average year, there will be no snow.
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Now you can buy a .bike domain for your cycling site
Without the right top-level domain, how would you know that mooncycle.com wasn't a site about menstruation?
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We’re so jealous of this guy who got to hug a baby elephant
This isn't, as the internet claims, a picture of an orphaned elephant thanking her rescuer -- but it's ALL KINDS OF CUTE nonetheless.
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Russia has a black-market squirrel problem
Poachers are swiping squirrels from Moscow parks and reselling the cute, bushy-tailed critters as pets.
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This tower is made out of self-growing mushroom bricks
It's also engineered to keep people cool in the hot summer.
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Giant rats will inherit the earth
Human-induced climate change is not going to make the planet uninhabitable: Some species are going to thrive. (Just not us.)
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People hate corporate coffee so much they’re flocking to Dumb Starbucks in droves
It looked like a Starbucks and tasted like a Starbucks, but it wasn't a Starbucks.
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Bike beer caddy lets you tote your brews around in (slightly kinky) style
Nothing like some nice full-grain leather to help you get 50 shades of drunk. After you get off your bike, of course.
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Horrifying five-foot jellyfish washes ashore, signaling our imminent demise
If THIS doesn't scare you, keep in mind that jellyfish can can be up to 10 feet across -- perfect for wrapping you up like a soggy human burrito.
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Ask Umbra: Are shrimp farms killing the oceans?
A reader says he's reluctant to give up his shrimp cocktail. Umbra says don't be shellfish.
