Grist List
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Scientists are building electronics that dissolve when you’re done with them
The problem with building dissolving technology, of course, is making sure it doesn't dissolve while you're still using it.
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One more reason to be terrified by ticks
New research has confirmed that a new virus -- the Heartland virus, which infected two Missouri farmers in 2009 -- is carried by ticks.
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Dolphins have names
But until they figure out how to name their babies Click-click-click the XIX, we're not impressed.
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Bumblebee high-fives British guy in strange yet charming video
One more thing to miss if colony collapse disorder keeps killing all the bees: INSECT HIGH-FIVES.
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Climate change is making poison ivy go OUT OF CONTROL
"Gee, poison ivy grows too slowly, and its leaves are way too small!" -- NO ONE EVER.
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How to tell if your favorite park is infested with Satanists
We're all in favor of urban green space -- except when it's full of totally real, not made up Satanic cults.
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Male bats, like other males, sing to seduce
How is a male bat like Iggy Pop? He may be kinda ugly, but girls love a musician.
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Turn your sweat into drinking water
UNICEF created the first machine to turn your stinky T-shirt into cleaner-than-tap water. (Gulp.)
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People wouldn’t stop swimming in this toxic lagoon, so officials dyed it black
You would think people would stay away. But it looked so inviting.
