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‘Subway tampon’ could keep water out of tunnels
Here's an idea for keeping subway tunnels from overflowing with water: block their entrances.
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What if the only way to save endangered animals is to make them mutants?
Saving species exactly as they are isn't exactly natural, either.
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Kettles account for 4 percent of emissions in the U.K.
There is a better way: Bring back the kettle whistle.
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Preparing for “Cheaper than Grid” Solar Electricity
It started with off-grid locations, places where electricity was either carried in or generated on-site. Then it beat expensive diesel generators. In 2010, unsubsidized solar electricity could best on-grid retail […]
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Acting Before It Is Too Late
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, […]
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Climate scientists are Nate Silver, radio edition
Just as Republicans chose to ignore projections that Romney would lose, many Americans are choosing to ignore dire climate projections.
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A toilet theme park has opened in the Korean city of Suwon
It's World Toilet Day! (Seriously.) Here's where you should go to celebrate.
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Taking Stock: World Fish Catch Falls to 90 Million Tons in 2012
By J. Matthew Roney The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects that the world’s wild fish harvest will fall to 90 million tons in 2012, down 2 percent from […]
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This shop promised a free shotgun to whoever kills the most coyotes
This idea didn't sit well with a huge part of the local community.
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Hummingbirds snore, apparently, and it is crazy adorable
It's the teeniest little "honk-shuuuu" you ever heard in your life.
