Grist List
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California almost got an amazing bicycle superhighway 116 years ago
It's too bad this beautiful bike path from the olden days never got a chance to exist.
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Macklemore credits Seattle’s park system with launching his rap career
Want more rappers? Make more parks.
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Harvard researchers, on road to useful discoveries, instead make tiny chemical flowers
Scientists at Harvard can make teeny tiny flowers out of chemicals. No, they can't do the flowers for your wedding. Unless everyone you know is invisible to the naked eye, too.
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Frackers get their own clothing line
The latest in fashion? Clothing that keeps you safe from fire. They're calling it frackwear.
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Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants
Planting your green roof with sedum is like hiring employees based on how long they can physically sit in an office chair instead of how good they are at doing the work.
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Holland is better than we are at everything, and they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go
OK, Holland, we get it! You have all the nice things!
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Deadly storms in Texas produce grapefruit-sized hail
As if deadly tornadoes weren't enough, Texas storms produced hailstones that have to be seen to be believed.
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Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts
That's the weight of 5,000 cars. It’s heavier than the Capitol dome.
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Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate
That adorable polar bear orphaned in Alaska found a home at a Buffalo zoo.
