The week in GIFs: Pee, pigeons, and pencils
Mar 7, 2014, 10:56 am By hrichmond
Inspiration meets desperation in this week’s green news. (Last week: Cheese, RuPaul, and an Amish…Please don’t knit a sweater for a penguin
Mar 7, 2014, 9:18 am By hrichmond
You’ve probably heard that penguins get covered in muck from oil spills, which makes them chilly.…Current events: Antarctic climate change is messing with the motion of the ocean
Mar 7, 2014, 9:00 am By Samantha Larson
If we learned anything from The Day After Tomorrow, it’s that disruptions in ocean currents lead…Addictive game lets you play subway god, weep at your inefficient creation
Mar 7, 2014, 8:03 am By Darby Smith
Have you ever scoffed at a subway delay? Rolled your eyes at yet another crowded Q train? Looked at…Here’s what to do with all that extra CO2 you’ve got hanging around
Mar 7, 2014, 6:53 am By andrewseve
What do fertilizer, superglue, and Plexiglas all have in common, aside from being things that you…America could soon face more days of extreme rainfall
Mar 7, 2014, 5:00 am By Darby Smith
NOAAClick to embiggen. Squelch, squelch, squelch — that could be the sound of future America, if…Leto calls on Kerry to reject this so-called Keystone XL once and for all
Mar 6, 2014, 7:35 pm By andrewseve
Our hearts are all aflutter, like so many flannel-clad, pouty-faced Angela Chases. Jared Leto has…America’s cities are still too afraid to make driving unappealing
Mar 6, 2014, 5:01 pm By Darby Smith
The morning I wrote this I took public transportation to work. I hopped on the bus around the corner…Now you can write graffiti on the Great Wall of China
Mar 6, 2014, 4:42 pm By hrichmond
For rebels with sharpies, the Great Wall of China sounds like the ultimate thing to tag (other than…Kid sister, who thinks she’s so great, wins C-SPAN student documentary prize
Mar 6, 2014, 3:20 pm By Samantha Larson
Michaela Capps, Sarah Highducheck, and Emma Larson. Winners for the C-SPAN’s annual student…Airpnp is sending the sharing economy into the toilet, literally
Mar 6, 2014, 2:46 pm By hrichmond
Thanks to the sharing economy, you can use a stranger’s hammer, car, or even apartment — but…Death-defying elephant recovers from fourth poaching attempt
Mar 6, 2014, 11:39 am By hrichmond
BBCRangers help pull Mshale back up after being treated. Mshale the bull elephant is the biggest…“Rock snot” is the grossest climate change effect we’ve ever seen
Mar 6, 2014, 10:33 am By hrichmond
Look away if you’re eating, because this is truly disgusting. Didymo (code name: rock snot) is an…Frack Water cologne is your new signature scent
Mar 6, 2014, 9:42 am By hrichmond
California Gov. Jerry Brown has taken his cue from Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, and countless other…Ask Umbra: Who makes the most awesomely eco-tastic computers?
Mar 6, 2014, 7:02 am By Greg Hanscom
Q. What’s the best(ish) choice I can make when purchasing a computer? Is there a company out there…Republicans use Putin as an excuse to push fossil-fuel projects
Mar 6, 2014, 1:31 am By benadler
World Economic ForumPutin poutin’. The hallmark of a Republican policy proposal is that it can be…Americans have no idea how much water we use — or how to conserve it
Mar 5, 2014, 8:39 pm By andrewseve
“I consider myself a fairly water-conscious person,” says the average American, sipping on a…Rising sea levels will drown your Western art history course
Mar 5, 2014, 8:18 pm By Amelia Urry
Chris ChabotAt least Macchu Picchu is probably safe from sea level rise. You know how we sometimes…Here are 5 examples of facts making people dumber
Mar 5, 2014, 5:19 pm By Amelia Urry
On Monday, I reported on the latest study to take a bite out of the idea of human rationality. In a…This amazing footage of whales and dolphins will change the way you look at drones
Mar 5, 2014, 4:20 pm By jesszimmerman
Drones get a bad rap, what with the killing people. Even offering to deliver our Amazon packages…
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