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Stow your cargo in this bike’s hollow front wheel
David Hotard literally reinvented the wheel to create a bike with a car-inspired “trunk.”
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The week in GIFs: Sex strikes, spiders, and smog vacuums
This week was a test of your incredulity meter.
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Barnacles are accidentally eating our plastic trash
Scientists discovered microplastic in one third of gooseneck barnacles hanging out in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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This company wants to let you see the world from 100,000 feet
World View wants to take you to the edge of space, without rocket fuel -- in a helium balloon.
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Study shows humans are jerks
We're too selfish to want to avert climate change.
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The weird humming noise in this British town turned out to be fish sex
The humming sounds like a really, really annoying dial tone.
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This bamboo house might be indestructible
The Blooming Bamboo house can withstand five-foot-high floods -- and it's PRETTY.
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This inflatable community space happens to be inside a dumpster
It's like Park(ing) Day, except smellier!
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Colombian women get their road fixed by refusing to have sex
It shouldn't take 14 hours to get to the hospital because the roads are so bad. So the women of Barbacaos staged a real-life Lysistrata.
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Ask Umbra: How can I throw a party without crashing the planet?
A reader wonders about eco-friendly party tips. Umbra takes a shot.