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Sen. Jeff Merkley on the (surprisingly nontrivial) chances for filibuster reform
There's been talk of reforming dysfunctional Senate rules for years. This time, says Sen. Jeff Merkley, it may actually happen.
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Artist plans to explode a tree on the National Mall
It sounds like a lovely idea -- possibly the only excuse we’ll ever buy for setting a tree on fire.
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Go, go, gadget Grist: Help us stay on the cutting edge
Can you imagine Austin Powers without his Shaguar? Or Maxwell Smart without the shoe phone? Grist can't go far without the right tech tools, either.
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Joe Biden doesn’t need tires, and neither do you, America
Avuncular veep Joe Biden hits up a Costco to buy children's books and pie but no car tires. Why? Because Joe knows driving is for losers.
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The amazing frogfish is a master of disguise
For the frogfish, every day is Halloween. They're going as a sexy sponge! Or a sexy algae-covered rock.
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Prehistoric poo yields clues about concentration of people in the environment
Scientists have found that a chemical found in human feces is a good way to figure out where people have lived and for how long and in what concentrations.
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Meet the new fish named after Barack Obama (and the ones for Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Al Gore)
Etheostoma obama, the spangled darter, was secretly spawned in Kenya.
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Forget everything you’re doing and just daydream about jumping on this 170-foot-long trampoline in a forest
Maybe all sidewalks should be trampolines?
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Watch an escaped baby zebra run amok on Staten Island
Unfortunately for Razzi, he is a super-cute baby zebra, which means he attracted quite a lot of attention and was caught too quickly for anyone to even set up an @EscapedBabyZebra parody Twitter account.
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The Navy is laying off most of its trained spy-dolphins
A few have to stick around and like, look for mines and stuff. Sucks.
