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Earthshaking news from Mars, teaser edition
One of the Mars rover’s smart guys, Ken Herkenhoff, tells all about the “seven minutes of terror,” possible “touchdown” discoveries, and why the folks at Mission Control call Curiosity “she.”
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Coconut-based contraption makes your bike sound just like a horse
Warning: Contains Monty Python jokes.
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Attempts to kill renewable energy just got dumber
The Heartland Institute, last seen blithely celebrating its ridiculous anti-climate billboards, is excited about its new project.
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13-year-old genius from Sierra Leone builds generators out of scrap, makes you feel dumb
With almost no training, 13-year-old Sierra Leonian genius Kelvin Doe makes batteries, transmitters, and generators out of scraps he finds in the trash.
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While we dither on spending to prevent disaster, Big Oil doubles down on causing it
Damage to New York from Sandy will run $19 billion -- but we don't seem to want to prevent it happening again.
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For the first time, a fossil fuel tanker is navigating the Arctic
A huge ship carrying liquid natural gas is about to do something that no tanker has done before: traverse the winter Arctic to send fossil fuels from Norway to Japan.
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Sandy-battered neighborhood gives thanks for solar [VIDEO]
When the electric utility failed, solar power stepped in to keep the lights on for Thanksgiving.
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Soon-to-retire weather satellites played key role in predicting Sandy’s path
The storm's sharp westward turn was predicted earlier thanks to data from satellites that may soon go offline.
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The government scolds the company responsible for last week’s rig explosion
In extremely lame fashion.
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Please don’t be thankful for America’s unsustainable love affair with big-box retail
Are you planning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of big retail by shopping this Friday? If so, :( .
