Grist List
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This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi
The Ecos Powercube brings energy, water, and communications to remote places without using fossil fuels -- all packed into a shipping container.
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Watching polar bears swim for ice will make you want to hug them (but maybe don’t)
It’s hard not to love polar bears, but this video has made us adore them in a whole new way.
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Put your spare change to good use with crowdfunded science
Experiment.com turns your money into clean air or a human-powered space shuttle or studies on fracking's health effects, among other things.
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A beetles invasion threatens your cup of coffee
Invading heat-happy bugs in India are destroying your most culturally acceptable addiction.
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Cargo ships carry a lot of climate baggage
The shipping industry must make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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Attention, Hells Angels: Your electric Harley is now ready
That's right, Harley Davidson is rolling out an e-bike. Now, how to get the rank and file to buy in?
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This is what your dairy aisle would look like if all the bees died off
Without pollinators, your greek yogurt, butter, cream cheese, organic milk, and -- gasp -- ice cream, are all in peril.
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Why Big Oil is giving piles of money to the NRA
Guns and oil -- they're not just for foreign policy anymore. A new series from Al Jazeera explains why.
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Philadelphia Zoo names adorable kittens after Game of Thrones’ deadliest pets
Because zoo employees enjoy goading the Old Gods and the New, they named the kittens Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.