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This concrete can heal its own cracks, because it’s packed with bacteria
Most concrete is lazy. It sits around and waits for someone else to patch it. But not this, the Horatio Alger of concretes.
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Four teenage girls in Africa have invented a generator powered by pee
We are jealous we didn't think of this first.
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One day, your ears could power your hearing aids
Human ears are basically a fleshy battery.
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Extremely bad news, everyone: McDonald’s sales are down for the first time in years
We'll get through this together, if we all promise to eat crap for a while.
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Wind turbines: Wrong for Sandy, wrong for Colbert
A conservative columnist argues that oil was the cure for Sandy. Oil does not, however, cure stupid.
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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.”
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ExxonMobil contributes to Hurricane Sandy
$1 million dollars. What'd you think we meant?
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Solar: The best of times, the worst of times
The U.S. solar industry is growing by leaps and bounds, but trade skirmishes with China are clouding the horizon.
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Pennsylvania agency didn’t mention water pollution near fracking site because no one asked
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection found copper, zinc, nickel, and titanium near a fracking site, but failed to tell anyone.
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Wind energy: Getting cheaper, still about to tank
The cost of running wind farms has fallen to a new low, but the industry in the U.S. is still in trouble because of an expiring tax credit.
