Watch this octopus try to steal a photographer’s camera
Feb 19, 2014, 10:26 am By hrichmond
Animals are pissed about the paparazzi. First an eagle snatched a camera in rural Australia and…Soda soon could have a warning label like cigarettes do
Feb 19, 2014, 9:49 am By hrichmond
Soon, bottles of pop could come with a health warning akin to cigarettes, if California Sen. Bill…Faster, higher, stranger: 5 sports for a snow-free Winter Olympics
Feb 19, 2014, 7:06 am By ghanscom
I know we’re all bummed about losing the polar bears, and the increase in monstrous killer storms…Bunsen burner bummer: Lab rules favor industry over indie research
Feb 19, 2014, 5:29 am By nathanael47
Last week, when I wrote about the scientist Tyrone Hayes and the controversy over the herbicide…Tea industry claims it will undertake heroic efforts to become more sustainable
Feb 18, 2014, 8:18 pm By John Upton
Mr. T knows a thing or two about being a hero, and he pities the fool who slurps from the sweat of…U.S. tries to have it both ways with solar trade policy
Feb 18, 2014, 6:23 pm By John Upton
Remember how the U.S. trade representative announced last week that he would haul India before the…Survive one Chevron fracking explosion, get a pizza and pop FREE!
Feb 18, 2014, 6:18 pm By andrewseve
If a multibillion-dollar company started a frack pit fire in your backyard that burned…Here’s a new, cute way to eat animals without guilt or cruelty
Feb 18, 2014, 4:58 pm By hrichmond
Omurice is a rice-filled omelette topped with sauce, often ketchup. Sounds pretty simple until you…Cows make more milk when listening to R.E.M.
Feb 18, 2014, 4:28 pm By hrichmond
Stressed cows produce less milk. The solution? R.E.M.’s hit “Everybody Hurts,” at least…America could have been a nation of hippopotamus eaters
Feb 18, 2014, 2:13 pm By slaskow
The journalist Jon Mooallem has an exceptional talent for writing about strange animal stories, and…Russia could build a train that would connect New York to Paris
Feb 18, 2014, 1:30 pm By slaskow
Amazing Maps posted this, uh, amazing map of a cross-Bering rail connection: Proposed Russia to…Finnish reindeer now have glowing antlers to protect them from cars
Feb 18, 2014, 12:20 pm By slaskow
Like deer in the American Northeast, reindeer in Finland are prone to walking into the road and…Rents in this North Dakota oil town are now higher than in NYC or San Francisco
Feb 18, 2014, 11:42 am By John Upton
Andrew FilerBored in Williston? Just go shopping! We’re sure that Williston, N.D., used to be a…This little green laser could save bicyclists’ lives
Feb 18, 2014, 10:24 am By hrichmond
It’s a little counterintuitive, but turning isn’t as dangerous for cyclists as going straight.…Pharrell is making jeans out of recycled ocean plastic
Feb 18, 2014, 9:46 am By hrichmond
Here’s some news to make you happy: Pharrell Williams not only makes catchy, sunny jams, but…Top 10 urban highways that deserve to be torn down
Feb 18, 2014, 9:28 am By benadler
Payton ChungRoute 5/Skyway blights the waterfront in Buffalo, N.Y. Urbanist policies are often…Tough act to follow: 50-year-old civil rights law still the environmental justice standard
Feb 18, 2014, 7:03 am By ghanscom
Since 1928, the Hampton Avenue Truss Bridge in Greenville, S.C., helped connect the predominantly…In Michigan, protest with a purr brings out the law’s claws
Feb 18, 2014, 4:07 am By Heather Smith
The women known as the Enbridge Three are in jail, which itself is unusual. Most people in their…John Kerry says climate change is a weapon of mass destruction
Feb 17, 2014, 3:47 pm By John Upton
During his time as president, George W. Bush’s foreign policy was driven largely by fear of…Obama wants to spend $1 billion on climate adaptation
Feb 17, 2014, 2:57 pm By John Upton
White HouseTwo farmers show their very parched farm to President Obama and California Gov. Jerry…
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