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Local Motors: Crowdsourcing the American Car
Image: Local Motors Here’s how it works: designers submit their concepts online, the community votes, then Local Motors works with the winners to bring these cars to life. This process, says founder...
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Poor Jim Kunstler Even Gets Attacked By Captchas
A lot of people think James Howard Kunstler is a bit dire, and he takes a fair amount of abuse in comments. But who would have thought that the Captchas share the views of the commenters? That they...
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The Danger of Armchair Pundits ‘Investigating’ Climate Science
Photo via the NY Times One of the most worthy critiques of modern media is that it’s increasingly reliant on pundits and opinion makers, and increasingly less concerned with actual reportage. Take my...
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Five fantastic reuses for plastic milk bottles
With their semi-rigid sides & strong handle, plastic milk bottles are very easily reusable – which is useful since there are bajillions generated every day. Read more from the original source:...
View ArticleMake an Upcycled Rain Barrel
If you have a fair amount of plants in your yard that need to be watered, using a rain barrel to collect rainwater can be a great way to save both water and money. A rain barrel system allows you … Go...
View ArticleThis all-weather bicycle highway could fulfill the dreams of bike commuters...
Architect Richard Moreta just unveiled the MINILOOP, an enclosed cycleway that could be a dream come true for bicycle commuters. Envisioned as the “ideal zero-emission transportation system,” the...
View ArticleThe world’s tallest active geyser in Yellowstone keeps erupting – and...
Something strange is happening at the tallest geyser in the world in Yellowstone park – and scientists can’t explain it. Steamboat Geyser can shoot up to 300 feet in the air when it erupts, which...
View ArticleAn adventurer just journeyed into Americas largest national park – and here’s...
The largest national park in America is one few have ever heard of, and even fewer have visited. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve encompasses 13.2 million acres of glaciers and forests in...
View ArticleThousands of California ‘hipster succulents’ are being stolen in plant...
The dudleya, a California native succulent , has become a symbol of hipster lifestyle, according to The Guardian . But now so-called plant poachers are stealing the succulent by the thousand to...
View ArticleUnreleased internal FDA emails show glyphosate weedkiller residue in almost...
For the past two years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been testing food samples for the weedkiller glyphosate , but the agency hasn’t released any results of their findings. This week,...
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