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This prizewinning shot of a carnivorous plant’s jaws looks like something out of an alien world
It’s mildly terrifying. As terrifying as something called the humped bladderwort can be. (Snort.)
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Ask Umbra: Is my artisanal whipped cream a climate menace?
A reader wonders what he should do about his greenhouse-gas spewing cream foamer. Umbra whips up a solution.
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Water & oil: How natives & neighbors of the Sacred Headwaters battled drillers and won
In remote B.C., tribal elders, fishermen, hunters, and ordinary folks won a six-year fight to kick Big Oil out of their salmon-bearing backyard. Our three-part series explores what we can learn from their climate win.
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There’s a new island in Japan
Enjoy it while it lasts! Because eventually we'll all sink into the ocean.
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San Francisco could ban bottled water at big events
The city is looking at how to provide permanent sources of water, using innovative technology like water fountains.
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Cyclist takes a London bikeshare bike to France and rides it up a mountain, all before the rental period expires
London's Bixi bike share bikes are, it turns out, becoming quite the world travelers.
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The LambCam lets you literally count sheep
If that sounds boring, well, it’s not -- a llama walked by and I almost pissed myself.
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Cute farmers singing Katy Perry will cheer you right up
What the guys lack in lyrical smoothness, they more than make up for in adorableness.
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Oslo’s bright pink manhole covers remind its citizens what, exactly, can be flushed down a toilet
Apparently the citizens of Oslo have some weird ideas about what goes down a toilet.
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How Beyoncé is saving the planet with her new album
Purchasing "Beyoncé" online instead of on CD could cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 percent.
