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Diamonds 101
If you're planning on popping the question this year, you're probably in the market for some jewelry. And we realize you might be too busy...
Read & DiscussKinkajou Projector Brings Literacy to Mali
Teaching adults to read is a difficult enough task in and of itself, but in rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and...
Read & DiscussAttack of the Giant Jellyfish!
Giant jellyfish have invaded the northern coasts of the Japanese islands and they're causing problems. Frustrated local fishermen are hauling...
Read & DiscussMister Trash Can
While carbon emissions may be the current cause célèbre of the environmental movement, let's not forget the more tangible waste products we...
Read & DiscussThe State of the Planet
As we head into the last year of the two thousand aughts, we take a look at some of the numbers that shaped our lives this past year. Thanks...
Read & DiscussAnimal Superpowers
From cicadas who hibernate for 17 years to checkerboard-camouflaged cuttlefish, some animals have powers that border on the super. Artists...
Read & DiscussJailbirds
There are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That's equivalent to...
Read & DiscussPollen Bots
Seasonal allergy sufferers, rejoice! Japanese scientists have deployed an army of anthropomorphic pollen sensors across the country in an...
Read & DiscussAudio Dregs Recordings thinks Immigration is good.
3 years agoHog Hunting
A plague of feral hogs has descended on the American South, leaving a trail of porcine devastation in their wake. To combat the invasion, some...
Read & DiscussGOOD Business: IceStone
If you're looking to trick out your home with the greenest products on the market, you could do a lot worse than IceStone. Their countertops...
Read & DiscussGOOD Business: Greyston Bakery
How good can one brownie be? Greyston Bakery's brownies are delicious, sure, but they also help to alleviate poverty within the community of...
Read & DiscussAdult Soap Box Derby
Before there was NASCAR, there was box car. Soap box derbies, at the peak of their popularity in the 1950s, provided all-American kids with an...
Read & DiscussDodgeball
Anyone who remembers childhood as a time of innocence and joy was never on the wrong side of a dodgeball. If you ever packed a few extra...
Read & DiscussThe Hidden Cost of War
In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is more than 10...
Read & DiscussLandmine Flowers
Scientists in Denmark have developed a plant that turns red when it comes into contact with trace amounts of TNT. If sowed over an area...
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