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Maybe don’t tell children they can hug a rabid bat
Hey! Are you a jackass? Then you could probably use this advice: As much goodwill and admiration as you may think you’re earning by knowing everything about everything, I guarantee you it will not make up for what you lose when you tell a 10-year-old to pet a rabid bat. Last week a bunch of […]
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How’s the weather, Grist readers? Oh. Right.
We asked you to share photos of the crazy weather you've seen lately, and the results were just as ridiculous as you'd expect.
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U.S. drought could cause global unrest
Twice in the last five years, rising food prices triggered global waves of social unrest. With drought baking U.S. crops, we may be in for another round of society-straining price spikes.
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Lake Superior is so hot right now!
Temperature-wise. Popularity-wise, I'm sure it's doing fine.
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NASA: ‘Unprecedented,’ ‘extraordinary’ ice melt in Greenland
It's not clear how soon the melted ice will be coming to a shoreline near you.
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Nature, revised: In a brave new world, we write the rules
Eco-critic Ursula Heise talks about the tired stories we tell about the planet, and suggests that we find some new ones.
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Here’s a mama polar bear helping her baby to safety
It’s sort of unfortunate that polar bears have become such a symbol of the need to protect our natural world, because while I support them being alive and all, they are also cold-eyed killers that if given a chance would eat you and everyone you care about (adorable sled-dog stories notwithstanding.) But still, this is […]
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Drought in U.S. is terrible news for the whole wide world
Reading the papers this weekend probably made you thirsty.
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The sun’s atmosphere looks like an amazing painting
Sure, the surface of the sun is hot and all, but the sun’s atmosphere is hotter — by a factor of 1,000. And as it turns out, it’s not just hot like “will burn you up faster than a Tony Robbins seminar” hot. It’s also hot like gorrrrrrrrgeous. Scientists know that the sun’s atmosphere (the […]
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This weird artificial jellyfish is made from the cells of a rat
Watch the video below, and consider this: “Genetically, this thing is a rat,” Harvard biophysicist Kit Parker told Nature News. But, we hear you saying, that is not a rat! It’s a jellyfish! Sorta — but it’s made from silicone and the muscle cells of a rat’s heart. When the resulting “medusoid” (“jellyfishy”) creature is […]