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Soon we’ll be able to grow leather in a test tube
By the end of the year, scientists will have grown a piece of leather .787 inches by .787 inches in size, without killing an animal. That is the goal of a company called Modern Meadow, Fast Company reports, and its lab-grown leather could one day be even better than the dead-animal hides that we still […]
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We’ve got our red cup out, and we’re rattling it
There are only two days left to fund our Kickstarter project -- the documentary biography of an American icon. Help us out!
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Amtrak high-speed train will be slightly higher speed for a little bit tonight
Amtrak is testing a train in New Jersey that will travel at 165 miles per hour.
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The N.Y. Times tells us how much energy the cloud uses — but not why it matters
Pollution and waste are bad. But the New York Times' new series doesn't explain the context in which the internet's pollution and waste exist.
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Saudi Arabia turns to its other natural energy source: the sun
Plans to build a huge solar installation near Mecca could be the first step in a transition away from oil.
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This bike just might go 100 miles per hour
When he rides his new bike, Graeme Obree must look like a man who's been abducted by aliens and is struggling to get out of the weird, clear pod in which they've stored him.
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Chevron faces criminal investigation into attempts to hide pollution
The investigation focuses on the same refinery in Richmond, Calif., where last month's explosion occurred.
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Shell sues Greenpeace because it can’t sue its own incompetence
The oil company that has done basically everything short of sinking its own boats is now suing Greenpeace, blaming the group for obstructing Arctic drilling.
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Bike-powered e-waste recycler could keep your electronics from murdering the planet
It's basically a grinder, attached to a bike.
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Shell building world’s biggest ship that will sail on ever-higher seas
It will be a floating natural gas refinery, since we need more of those.