Grist List
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Will.i.am is turning plastic water bottles into pants, other stuff
The musician's company Ekocycle is partnering with companies like Levi Strauss to turn plastic bottles into useful items.
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GOP candidate: ‘My opponent believes in global warming and has been to other countries, he is basically a monster’
This could be the strangest campaign ad this season.
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Planes can’t land in Antarctica because the runway is melting
Australia's supply planes mainly use one runway, carved into the ice, for takeoff and landing.
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Baby echidna may be cutest, weirdest baby animal ever
Echidnas are spiny mammals that live in Australia and are like the weird cousins of duck-billed platypuses.
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The newest gourmet coffee is made out of elephant poop
You can pay $50 for the privilege of drinking coffee made from beans that an elephant shit out. Or you could just buy yourself a pair of pants.
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Liquid metal battery inventor goes on Colbert, still manages to teach us some stuff
[protected-iframe id=”1dfecc6778c0925b1ef0f4f3c3eb5d3e-5104299-30166106″ info=”http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:420372″ width=”460″ height=”288″] Donald Sadoway, MIT materials science professor and inventor of a new liquid metal battery that could revolutionize energy storage, went on Stephen Colbert’s show last night. The segment wasn’t all that funny, per se, but it was surprisingly informative — Sadoway didn’t get rattled by Colbert’s “relentless ignoramus” routine, and […]
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Lady Gaga is going to launch a brand of bottled water
Seems like someone who says she cares about the world and who is not a total moron might want to do something else with her time.
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This light switch forces kids to save energy through emotional manipulation
This dimmer switch smiles when the lights are off and frowns when they're on.
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Dutch towns could heat their bike lanes during the winter
As usual, the Dutch have it all figured out.
