Grist List
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The Beetbox is a drum machine made of vegetables, and it actually sounds pretty good
Turns out you can make a pretty good beatbox out of actual beets.
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This fancy bee is named after a dumb catchphrase from a sitcom
In an attempt to make people care about nature, scientists have named a bee after something a character says on TV
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Horrible robot horse is probably the only animal we’ll be left with soon enough
In the bleak, featureless wasteland of the future, these nightmare horses will do just fine.
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New species discovered in Asia include a singing frog and a walking fish
Some of these animals are suspiciously advanced.
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Mistletoe has better things to do than give you excuses to kiss people
Mistleltoe is a lot more than what you make out under. It helps the environment. And the better the environment, the more you make out.
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Incredible gigapixel photos let you see Everest’s glaciers before they disappear
The GlacierWorks project lets you see the glaciers of Everest and nearby mountains in stunning detail, without even getting up from the computer.
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Charlotte’s airport employs 1.9 million worms to compost leftover food
Charlotte has invested $1.2 million in better solutions for dealing with the food passengers throw away, including a giant vermicomposting bin. It's 50 feet long!
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There’s another habitable planet out there, just waiting for us to come and screw it up
It's not even in galaxy, far, far, away. It's orbiting Tau Ceti, a star that's a mere 12 light years from us
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Captive Myna bird put in solitary for cussing out zoo visitors
If we had a bird that could say “hello, good fortune, goodbye, screw you,” we’d be so thrilled we’d introduce it to everyone we know
