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Jellyfish-inspired ice cream costs $225 per scoop to make and glows in the dark
The magic comes from synthetic luminescence protein, a lab-made version of the protein that make jellyfish glow in the dark.
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This college turned its football field into an organic farm
Paul Quinn College's football field still has its goalposts -- they're just surrounded by kale and tomatoes.
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Check out Brooke Shields’ surreal Citi Bike costume
Nothing comes between Brooke and her Citi Bike.
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Southern survival: On the Gulf Coast, a community fights for its life
In the new documentary, "Come Hell or High Water," a community founded by free blacks after the Civil War takes on developers and a dominant culture that refuses to acknowledge it even exists.
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Why dengue and yellow fever could be coming to a city near you
Climate change is spreading two of the world's scariest diseases.
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Fall in love with Serge the French circus llama and his epic public transit adventure
Kids, don't get drunk and steal stuff. But if you do, make it a circus llama, and take it on a public transit tour of Bordeaux, France.
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Hilarious Kickstarter alert: Kudzilla, the Godzilla made out of invasive kudzu vines
What if Southerners could celebrate kudzu instead of quake in fear? Enter the 40-foot-tall vine monster.
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“What Does the Farmer Say?” is a pretty excellent parody of that fox song
Now with 100 percent more overalls.
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Climate change may drive us all to live in floating cities
Time to call up the merpeople you befriended in your youth. Or buy some flippers.
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Ask Umbra: What are “natural flavors” anyway?
A reader wonders what makes her snacks so scrumptious. Umbra goes straight to the tastemakers.
