Grist List
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This weird cologne is supposed to smell like sushi
To be fair, it apparently has more of a grassy, rice-y, seaweed-y, gingery, lemon smell.
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Katrina-damaged neighborhood is rebuilt into the largest solar project in Louisiana
All told, there’s 420 kW of solar power distributed across the neighborhood.
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The MTA makes subway cars fly
Usually public transit users can take the subway to the Rockawas, but post-Sandy, that's just not happening. The MTA is working on a solution.
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If this walrus can do aerobics, what’s your excuse?
He manages to do leg lifts and he doesn't even have legs! That's dedication.
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We’ve figured it out: Climate deniers are really just scared of getting headaches
We know math sucks. But did you know thinking about doing it can cause physical pain? Maybe that's why so many people don't want to think about climate science.
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This might just be the cutest endangered animal ever
You'd think the cutest endangered animal would have fur, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong.
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The coolest ways to charge your phone when you don’t have power
Post-Sandy, our idea of "emergency supplies" might expand beyond canned goods and water to include one of these cell-charging innovations.
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New green energy superhero KidWind manages to out-dork Captain Planet
One of the main challenges when you’re trying to change attitudes about the environment -- how do you make it cool to care?
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This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass
Among all of the terrible ways to get rid of nuclear waste, there's one that stands above the rest for being a little less horrible: turning the radioactive parts into glass, a process called “vitrification.”
