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Biking basics for folks who’ve always wanted to ride, but didn’t dare [VIDEO]
Looking for a basic bicycling video to ease your motorphobia? Well, we've got good news for you!
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Check out this theater made almost completely out of recycled paper
Live theater is inherently temporary. A Parisian firm designed an innovative theater to reflect that.
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Hug life: Sometimes activists need to retreat, recharge, and embrace the “woo”
Those working for social change face constant uphill struggle. They need recharging. Up in British Columbia, a place called Hollyhock is devoted to that purpose.
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Your daily heartwarmer: Airbnb homes used for disaster victims
Next time a hurricane strikes, Airbnb wants to connect displaced residents with locals willing to donate housing. Aww.
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Ask Umbra: Should I buy local or organic?
He says local potatoes. She says organic potahtoes. Umbra urges them not to call the whole thing off.
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No, we’re not running out of people
The world population is projected to soar from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, so you can stop worrying about a shortage of babies.
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First class airline seats have nine times the climate impact of flying coach
It ain't all chocolate waterfalls and massages -- the World Bank finds flying first class uses way more fuel per person than flying coach.
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The Prozac in your pee makes fish anxious and aggressive
Fish are getting antisocial and even homicidal because antidepressants in our pee -- and improperly treated waste water -- are interfering with their brain development.
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With bicycling on the rise, motorists get a new round of driver’s ed
Bike lanes help, but what cities really need is drivers who know how to behave when there are two-wheelers on the roads.
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Video of divers encountering a humpback whale will remove all the stress from your day
Feeling anxious today? Take a trip with us under the sea.