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Dude singlehandedly finds homes for 500 unwanted trees
Meet a Seattle resident who digs up and replants unwanted trees -- including arboreal monsters weighing up to 400 pounds.
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HuffPo science editor asks readers: Is climate science true?
Hey, Huffington Post: I'm not one to tell you how to do your business, but maybe it would be a good idea to hire a science editor who's familiar with, like, science?
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Car-centric neighborhoods linked to childhood obesity, finger-wagging
It should come as no surprise that children who live in neighborhoods that aren't walkable, lack playgrounds, and are full of fast food joints are twice as likely to be obese as kids in pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods with access to healthy foods.
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Adorable video of kids on wheels in the bike-friendliest place on earth
There is a city in which 80 percent of residents commute to work by bicycle, even in winter. And they train their young to do the same!
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Dr. Seuss is the reason the bees are dying
Yeah, you heard me: Dr. Seuss killed the bees. No, wait, stay with me here: See, pesticide kills bees, and, says Mother Jones, a lot of the credit for our widespread use of pesticides may go to Mr. Lorax himself.
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Watch a robot make a 3D-printed chair out of old refrigerators
Designer Dirk van der Kooij makes cool, modern-looking plastic furniture out of defunct refrigerators and other plastic waste. The plastic is ground up, then squeezed out like soft serve into a computerized pattern.
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Ask Umbra: What should I do with my old bike helmet?
A reader is at a loss for how to toss her battered brain bucket. Umbra, as always, is outspoken.
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Hot on the trail: Exploring parks threatened by climate change
Writer Mike Lanza wanted his kids to experience our national parks before climate change alters them forever. So he took his entire family on a year-long quest to visit our most endangered wild places.
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New film about fracking stars Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and maybe you
Ryan Gosling may have saved a woman from a speeding car, but some of our other favorite stars are doing the next best thing: starring in an anti-fracking movie. Gus Van Sant is directing, and the cast includes Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, probably Hal Holbrook — and, if you can get to Pittsburgh […]
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Flame retardants can turn a burning room into a gas chamber
You know brominated and chlorinated flame retardants are bad when when even Walmart bans them from its products. Unfortunately, some fire codes require them.
