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Baby sharks have superpowers
Brown-banded bamboo shark embryos still in their egg cases can also use an electroreceptive sense to escape predators with by playing dead.
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Hot in here: How the ‘If you’re 27 or younger’ meme took off
When you boil a complex statistic down to a phrase that connects with people, it finds a home in our minds.
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Drought-stricken West is seeing a crime wave of hay thefts
Hay thieves are particularly hard to nab, too.
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Python hitches a ride on a plane wing, survives an international flight
The python probably wasn’t going for free air travel. More likely, he was looking for yummy rodents to eat.
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Thought for food: New think tank looks for global solutions to our broken food system
Food Tank, a food-focused think tank, has ambitious plans to become a go-to resource for activists, policymakers, and farmers across the world.
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Absolutely the most disgusting way to keep your weight-loss New Year’s resolution
Whoever invented this was going to work on world hunger problems, but decided people needed to suck food out of their stomachs more.
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Multifaith Action at White House on Jan. 15
To bring attention to the urgent need for action on climate change, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate (IMAC) will be leading “A Pray-in for the Climate” in front of the […]
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Heat: Hell on poor countries, no biggie for the rich
High temperatures hamper economic growth in poor countries but not in rich countries. That does not make for a good political dynamic.
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Climate-proofing cities: Not something conservatives are going to be good at
To prepare cities for climate change, we’re going to need government spending, government planning, and density. Right-wingers are unlikely to play along.
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The London Tube opened 150 years ago today — here’s its first complaint letter
The Tube must have run comparatively well, because it took over a month for the Times to get its first letter complaining about the service.
