Grist List
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This gravity-powered lamp could bring nearly free lighting to the developing world
Twenty-five bucks gets a light made and delivered to a person in India or Africa.
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Awesome metal squid will guard your bike
We want these everywhere. Because who would dare steal a bike from the tentacles of a squid?
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The Curiosity rover left space trash all over Mars
Next time, NASA should also send some kind of robot maid.
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Move over, Marlboro man — here comes the Marlboro bird!
Smart: Birds use cigarettes to repel mites from their nests. Smarter: They may prefer the brands highest in nicotine.
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China has plans for a victory garden in space
It's is very, very hard to get fresh, local veggies in space. But China has a solution.
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French catfish jump onto dry land to eat pigeons
We're quite certain those fish are going around telling all the other fish not only that pigeons are a delicacy one must taste to appreciate the tender richness of the meat but that you're really meant to call them squab.
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The Earth at night like you’ve never seen it before
NASA has put together these amazing composite pictures, drawn from images collected on cloud-free nights.
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Just like Gangnam Style, Big Ag ‘Farmer Style’ is unsustainable
This parody unintentionally has a lot in common with Gangnam Style.
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Learn the difference between ‘weather’ and ‘climate change’ or go to jail
Go ahead. Look at the temperature and say "so much for global warming." You feel lucky, punk?
