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What’s the most bike-friendly city in the U.S.? Not what you’d guess
Portland? Nope. Seattle? Not even close. Here are your answers, from the brainiacs at Walk Score.
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Solar space sails are real, and Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are stoked
LightSail could offer a low-cost and reliable way to propel small satellites. Plus, it's cool!
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Turns out Osama bin Laden had some strong opinions on climate change
Read what bin Laden had to say about global warming and Pakistan.
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How to make coconut quick bread with Key lime curd
A lime curd recipe — and a slew of other citrus-forward ideas — to bring a little bit of sunshine into your kitchen.
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These scientists are trying to change rice as we know it
An international team is trying to create a more efficient kind of rice. What can coffee beans and cat poop tell us about their work?
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While you were worrying about trains, your car was trying to kill you
I had to get from Philadelphia to New York. Sure, Amtrak just wrecked a train. But it's not like the highway is safer.
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These cute kittens rode in a cargo bike from Amsterdam to London
This company features a cat butthole in their logo and that's not even the weirdest thing it's done.
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The 4 big climate trends we’re tracking this year
From Paris to pipelines, here's what Grist is paying close attention to -- and how you can help.
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What’s with those melting ice shelves in Antarctica? We explain
First the Larsen A ice shelf crumbled, then the Larsen B. Now scientists are keeping close tabs on Larsen C, which is the size of Scotland.
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Predicting the climate is hard. So one scientist wants to cut corners
Climate models take an enormous amount of time and energy to run, and they still aren't perfect. Here comes "inexact" modeling.
