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Disaster housing made from water bottles solves two needs at once
The only catch is that disaster refugees will have to drink a lot of water, fast, if they want a roof over their heads.
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Ask Umbra: Are they going to lock me up for reusing my washwater?
A reader wonders if her gray water habit is going to land her in deep trouble. Umbra plunges in.
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Buy Sarah Palin’s SUV for a mere $10,000
You can’t drive John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign into a ditch, but here's the next best thing!
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Dad arrested after trying to pick kids up from school on foot instead of in a car
Apparently kids can be released to parents in cars or can take the bus home, but they are not allowed to walk home with their parents. Wha?!
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Cyclists are “longing” to be hit by cars, says wackadoo British politician
You have to be a special brand of irrational to think any cyclist WANTS to get hurt.
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Life sucks in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” because of climate change
You can blame a lot on climate change. Bigger wildfires. Bad health. The totalitarian hell and political repression in "The Hunger Games" franchise.
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How the Simpsons have secretly been teaching you math
Science author Simon Singh reveals the highly nerdy layer beneath the longest-running sitcom on TV.
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Kanye West says design can save the world; students respond
The hip hop superstar made a surprise visit to Harvard to talk about architecture, design, and a utopian future. We talked to the students who invited him.
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The week in GIFs: Mean Girls edition
Every day is a good day for Mean Girls GIFs.
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Farming is getting less white and less male, and these photos prove it
FarmHer, a photography project by Marji Guyler-Alaniz, highlights female farmers of a variety of ages and racial backgrounds.