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Critical buzz: Thousands of volunteers count bees to help scientists save them
On Saturday, pollination enthusiasts across the country participated in The Great Bee Count to help scientists stay on top of dwindling honeybee and native bee populations.
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Ask Umbra: Can I toss these old bullets in a lake?
A readers asks about disposing of unwanted ammunition. Umbra sets her sights on a solution.
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There might be way more lead in your tap water than you think
An EPA effort to reduce the amount of lead in our water systems may inadvertently have made the problem worse in some cases.
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California sees gas prices rise, electricity strained because of karma
No, seriously, we love California! Sorry about Prop 13.
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This couple moved all their worldly possessions using only bikes
Moving is stressful, and most of us deal with it by renting a ginormo truck, dumping our stuff in it (or bribing our buddies to dump our stuff in it), and hoping that nothing in our newspaper-packed boxes breaks. But Anthony and Jess Reiss decided to take a chance on a potentially really, really stressful […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: The good kind of inflation [VIDEO]
Feeling the pressure of high gas prices? Umbra's pumped to show you how properly inflated tires save oil and money.
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Singapore’s terrible new rap video demands you have procreative sex tonight
If you can’t make it beyond the first 30 seconds of wretched rap in this public service ad campaign, here’s the basic gist: It’s Aug. 9! Happy National Night! Now please, please save Singapore’s flagging population by putting your genitals inside other people’s genitals or vice versa! You should really watch the rest, though, because […]
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How the rare earth elements in your iPhone are polluting Inner Mongolia
The region in Inner Mongolia that provides critical, scarce resources for your technology has been heavily, broadly polluted.
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If this photo doesn’t make you want to live in a tiny house, nothing will
We love us a good tiny house, but you know what is better than your run-of-the-mill tiny house? A tiny house on a tiny rock. A tiny house on a tiny rock in the middle of a river. With a kayak your only connection to land.
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‘The Queen of Versailles’ almost makes you feel sorry for the 1%. Almost.
The film's magic is its ability to make us realize that we're all human. But let's not forget, when the economy collapsed, some were more culpable than others.
