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Nature Blows My Mind! Utah Aspen Grove Is 80,000 Years Old
When the first shoots of the Trembling Giant first broke ground it Utah it was the Late Pleistocene. Will it survive the Anthropocene?
Business
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UC Davis Reports Make Dubious Claims on Prop 37
Two "expert" reports have emerged from the No on 37 campaign—which is against the California ballot initiative that would require labeling of GMOs foods—that warrant more scrutiny.
- Arctic Sea Ice Melt Smashes Previous Record Lows - How Will We Respond?
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- Mitt Romney: Hitler's Plan for Liquefied Coal is Good for America
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- Agenda 21 and the UN Plot to Take Over America: Bill Proposed In Florida Expands Its Reach To Stop Just About Everything Green
- Why Is Climate Change So Easy to Ignore?
- A Chief Architect of the EPA Passes Away
Design
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At IIDEX: Zerolandfill Cleans Out Your Sample Room And Puts It To Use
Offices for architects and designers are full of out of date samples, and they used to go in the garbage. Not any more.
- Too Cute to Refuse: Adorable Bird Ornaments From Recycled Timber Offcuts
- Designjunction is the New Industrial Venue for London Design Festival
- Just What We Needed Dept: The Office Gym
- Solar Decathlon Europe Shows Solar Skills Of Design and Engineering Students From Around The World
- Twisting, Modular Garden Planters Assemble & Unfold to Reveal Garden of Delights
- London Design Festival's Spectacular Prism--an Installation about London Using Open Data
- Reinvented Retro-Style Bicycle Rickshaw Gets 'Round
- Under Construction: Teeny Weird Japanese House of the Day, Questions About Design and More
Living
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New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Home to 360,000 Bees (Photos)
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has beehives on the roof producing honey for guests. I went along for the honey harvest, and for a taste of their roof-to-table cuisine.
- 4 New York Fashion Week Hairstyle Trends to Try Now
- Kickstart Film 'Open Sesame-The Story of Seeds' and Save Heirlooms
- Top 10 Dirtiest Cities in America
- How Neighborhood Design Can Make Us Sick
- TERRAform Raised Bed Makes Gardening Wheelchair Accessible
- Fig Brûlée Dessert Recipe
- Weekday Vegetarian: Roasted Tomato Soup
- 5 Timeless Fashion Trends to Emerge From NY Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013
Transportation
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Public Transit Art: Map of London Underground is Also a Working Radio Circuit Board!
What can we say, we love beautiful transit maps. They're a modern artform, and while some are just traditional maps, others put an interesting twist on things.
- Graham Hill Takes RAV4 EV for a Spin Down California's Coast
- Zipcar Adds Honda Fit EVs to San Francisco Fleet
- Mercedes-Benz Unveils Large Trucks With 12-18% Reduction in Air Drag
- Tesla Model S to Get Creepier (In a Non-Creepy Way...)
- Elevated Bike "Veloway" Superhighway Proposed for Melbourne, Australia
- U.S. Department of Defense to Buy 1,500 Chevy Volt Plug-in Hybrids [Updated]
- People Don't Want to Drive More - But How to Get Them on Bikes?
- Toyota Releases Financing and Lease Details for the 2012 RAV4 EV
Technology
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Makerbot Replicator 2 Opens the Door to High Quality 3D Printing at Home
Makerbot's latest generation 3D printer could make at-home 3D printing more common -- for those who can afford it.
- Robotic Plant Drone Moves Houseplants to Sunny Spots
- iPhone Users Have Spent $6 Billion on Broken Phones
- Body Heat-Activated Pump Could Dispense Medication On Contact
- More Oil Pipeline Spills Reported by General Public Than Leak Detection Systems
- iPhone 5 Could Mean Billions For E-Waste Recycling Industry (But Is That A Good Thing?)
- Toshiba Unveils Home Battery System for Back-Up Power
- ICEdot Sticker Detects Cycling Accidents, Notifies Emergency Contacts
- Body Scanners Provide Perfect Clothing Fit, May Revolutionize Shopping
Science
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Nature Blows My Mind! Utah Aspen Grove Is 80,000 Years Old
When the first shoots of the Trembling Giant first broke ground it Utah it was the Late Pleistocene. Will it survive the Anthropocene?
- Caption Contest Winners! What Is This Grizzly Bear Thinking?
- Eco-sins of our Forefathers Revealed by Archeologists
- Giraffes? Horses? Squirrels?? 20 Animals You Didn't Know Are Going Extinct
- Yes, Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting - But Monsoon Changes, Snowmelt Are More Immediate Concerns
- Crows Can Reason About Cause and Effect
- Tornado + Brush Fire = Fire Devil (Video)
- Gorgeous Photographs of Africa's Endangered Ethiopian Wolf
- Arctic Sea Ice Could Disappear in Summer by 2016
Energy
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Siemens Lays Off 38% of US Workforce - Cites Lack of Wind Power Support Romney Favors
Yet, Romney blames Obama for it all. In what Orwellian world does this make sense?
- Japan Backtracks on Nuclear Power Phase Out Deadline
- Introducing the Great American Interactive Wildfire Map
- Trump's Anti-Wind Ad Gets Trumped by UK Advertising Standards Authority
- 5MW Solar Waste Treatment Plant Avoids Feeding the Grid
- Pollution from Drilling & Shipping In the Arctic Will Make It Melt Even Faster
- US Nuclear Facilities at Greater Than Expected Risk From Flooding Due to Dam Failure: Whistleblower
- Chevron Fined a Measly $17.3 Million For Oil Spill in Brazil
- Shell Stops Arctic Drilling for 2012 - Greenpeace Declares Victory for People Power
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