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High schoolers run a solar-powered treatment plant that will give clean water to 750 families in India
This solar-powered water treatment plant, which will make 1,300 gallons of clean water every day, is owned and operated by high school students.
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Pork barrel spending: How Big Ag lobbyists use federal dollars to protect factory farms
A recent lawsuit accused the pork industry of using industry marketing or "checkoff" funds to keep pigs in factory farms.
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Deadly connection: New report on extreme weather and climate change
The links between climate change and costly, deadly weather events are robust and well-documented, according to a report from Reps. Ed Markey and Henry Waxman.
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In an era of post-truth politics, credibility is like a rainbow
Andrew Sullivan thinks Obama has earned "conservative credibility," but he's making a common mistake of post-truth politics.
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Donate $5 to charity and these guys will dance in a bear suit, fix your resume, or walk your dog
Raise5 lets you get the warm fuzzy feeling of donating to charity, PLUS have someone design your business card, draw a picture of your hair, or remind you of good bits from the Simpsons.
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Nazis kidnap Buddha statue from spaaaaaace!
There is an iron Buddha statue, just under 10 inches high, that has now been confirmed to be made from a meteorite
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Absolutely the best animal photobomb ever
This stingray is all "Hey guys! Are we doing a group photo? Rad! You'll tag me on Facebook, right?"
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Why do you laugh when people fall down? Blame your ape ancestors
We laugh, and apes laugh too, and because we come from apes, we might laugh in ways that they laugh, but because we aren't apes, we laugh in some ways that are different.
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100-year-old chestnut tree composes its own concert and light show
A tree in Berlin is the unlikely but cool source of a spontaneous concert.
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Dispatch from Ohio, land of public markets and urban farms
Our correspondent visits the annual Public Market Conference in Cleveland and discovers an inspiring urban farm.
