Grist List
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Finally, a cereal that gives you serious sexual power
Sexual health is important, say the makers of a cereal for sexual health. Which make us wonder, if it's so important, how can it just, like, go in a cereal?
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This beige liquid could be the only food you need to eat for the rest of your life
It's beige and it's not that exciting. No, it's not carpet. It's food.
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Hundreds of sea lion pups are mysteriously washing ashore in California
What the hell is going on? Why are so many dehydrated and malnourished baby sea lions washing ashore? And do they need us to take some of them home?
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Adorable students create air freshener out of cow dung
If these girls make air freshener out of cow dung, well, you can probably at least get a job.
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This teen is suing the state of Alaska because climate change threatens his home
Eighteen-year-old Nelson Kanuk's yard is disappearing. Eight feet last spring. Five feet last summer.
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The government is engineering cyborg spy animals (really)
Science writer Emily Anthes has a new book out that covers all the ways we're tinkering with animals and turning them into cyborgs, ready to obey our every whim.
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Photos of a lightning storm in a volcano will blow your mind
Did you know that volcanic eruptions can sometimes generate lightning? Well, they can, and it's spectacular.
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Shark dies in L.A. pool while filming a commercial, miraculously has no cocaine in system
A shark meant for a Kmart commercial died in an above-ground pool in Van Nuys, in Los Angeles. Not a dignified way to go.
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Weird worm that looks like a penis may be an evolutionary missing link
It's not a fossilized dong; it's a significant paleontological discovery. That happens to LOOK like a fossilized dong.