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Climate change is melting open the North Pole
By 2040, ships could start traveling right across the North Pole, according to new scary research.
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Amtrak is making a comeback, kinda
Ridership has grown by 55 percent since 1997 and is now at record levels, with over 31 million travelers annually, says a new report from Brookings.
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China keeps making new green pledges
From a carbon tax to investment in air-quality upgrades, China is taking action to clean up its filthy environment.
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U.S. nuclear companies fight new safety measures
Is $20 million too much to spend to prevent radioactive fallout in the case of a nuclear accident? Germany, Japan, and other nations say no. American companies say yes.
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A robot that throws cinderblocks means that humans will no longer be employed to throw cinderblocks
Some robot builders have built a robot that throws cinderblocks. They are still working on the aim.
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Brazil’s Carnival now runs on pee
Rio's Carnival has adopted a program called Power to the Pee, where pee running over turbines creates energy to power the event's sound system.
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Soon they’ll be able to 3D-print you a hybrid car
They can make everything else with 3D printers, and now, they can make cars too. Or they will be able to soon.
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Invasive species? This sushi chef rolls with it
Bun Lai transforms pests like lionfish, jellyfish, and invasive crabs into tasty table fare while nudging sushi back to its freshwater origins.
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How NASA scientists are turning L.A. into one big climate-change lab
Scientists with the Megacities Carbon Project hope to pin down a slippery piece of climate science: measuring a city's carbon footprint.
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Top four reasons the U.S. still doesn’t have a single offshore wind turbine
The U.K. has 870. Germany has 416. So what’s stopping us?
