Grist List
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Commemorate this senseless traffic death with delicious cookies
Katie Fisher was 24 when she died in a car accident. That, on its own, is a sad story, but it got worse.
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Watch an alligator learn to use his prosthetic tail
Mr. Stubbs' rubber tail has the potential to quadruple his projected lifespan.
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Mummies found around the world all had heart disease
Apparently, it doesn't matter what you eat; you're going to end up as a mummy with atherosclerosis. Assuming you can find someone to mummify you. Otherwise you'll just have atherosclerosis.
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Baby animals are now learning to surf, because they know something we don’t
There is literally no explanation for this that doesn't involve some kind of instinctual understanding of impending sea-level rise.
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Artists make beautiful sea creatures out of ocean trash
Mathieu Goussin and Hortense Le Calvez's photographs look like jellyfish, kelp, and anemones, but they're actually just piles of debris.
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Those lucky jerks in London are getting a frickin’ bicycle highway
Mayor Boris Johnson has announced that the city will be spending a whopping $1.51 billion on better bike infrastructure.
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Hero mouse attacks snake to save his friend
A feeder mouse in a Chinese zoo jumped on a snake's head and bit it as it ate another mouse. Would you have done the same, if you were a mouse?
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This middle schooler is building her very own tiny house
As part of the build, she's learning about physics, math, design, and engineering. But she's also figuring out what she really needs to live a happy, sustainable life.
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This tiger made friends with the goat that was supposed to be his dinner
Hey, we all liked to play with our food at one point in our lives.
