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Rare encounter with piglet squid leaves deep sea explorers at a loss for scientific words

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.




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A windy boat ride with Soren Hermansen

By good fortune, we happened to share our ferry to the windy, carbon-neutral island of Samso with the Danish prophet of renewable energy, Soren Hermansen, direc



  • Research & Innovations

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Two wind turbines self-destruct in same week

Turbines in Denmark and Sweden throw off blades — a rare event, but one to consider as alternative energy use grows across globe.




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President Obama visits wind turbine plant

Video: President visits a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Iowa and discusses how the administration's clean energy investments are creating jobs and i




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Turbine blades are impossibly long

I knew wind turbine blades were long, but who knew they could be THIS long!?




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Watch: A wind turbine goes up in Rhode Island

Strong winds make for a great place to operate a wind turbine but a lousy location to put one up.




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It looks like we're going to need a bigger cart: Wind turbines come to Home Depot

Select Home Depot stores across 6 states are now selling the Skystream 3.7, a personal wind turbine that's quiet, compact and capable of producing up to 400 kWh




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DOL publishes green jobs guide for women

The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau publishes an online guide for women searching for a green job.




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Wind turbines and bridges: A match made in clean energy heaven?

Multitasking infrastructure on the Canary Islands could power as many as 500 homes.



  • Research & Innovations

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Rock on! 10 one-hit wonder songs

From 'My Sharona' to 'Tubthumping,' here's how to celebrate National One-Hit Wonder Day.



  • Arts & Culture

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Unexplained 'space music' heard by astronauts on far side of the moon

Newly unclassified recordings reveal eerie radio sounds heard during an Apollo mission that weren't coming from Earth.




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What does the oldest human music in the world sound like?

Songs, melodies and tunes transcend time in a way that no other language can.



  • Arts & Culture

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In Denmark's Park of Music, the trees sing

This public art project in Aalborg is a lesson on creative use of public space.



  • Arts & Culture

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McDonald's serves Mozart to customers looking for a side of mayhem

Faced with restaurant-clearing brawls, McDonalds is testing classical music on late-night patrons.




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Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! A degree in yodeling awaits

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is offering bachelor's and master's degrees in yodeling.



  • Arts & Culture

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Pizza delivery driver surprises family with incredible piano performance

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.



  • Arts & Culture

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Why listening to music while trying to do something creative is a terrible idea

New research suggests listening to music kills creativity.




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Boy's awesome reaction to live orchestra sparks a search for his identity

A young boy said 'Wow!' after hearing Mozart at Boston Symphony Hall, and it sparked a viral push to find out who had produced this adorable reaction.



  • Arts & Culture

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Oscar-nominated 'Gasland' director wants to debate T. Boone Pickens

He may not have won an Oscar, but the director of "Gasland" isn’t backing off the natural gas industry.




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T. Boone Pickens is no climate change denier

T. Boone Pickens talks politics, climate change and polar bears during his latest visit to Washington, D.C., to speak to the National Press Club.




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Watch: President Obama on American energy

The president discussed the nation's growing clean energy economy at a Daimler facility in North Carolina.




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Oregon beach town plans for devastating tsunami

Cannon Beach is building the first tsunami evacuation center, a city hall that can also serve as a shelter.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Dramatic video shows tsunami survivor's rescue

Video: Images continue to appear showing the scale of the tsunami. ITN's Louisa James describes the rescue of one woman, plucked to safety as the water surged t



  • Climate & Weather

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Japanese earthquake delays Nissan Leaf deliveries, and more

In the end, delivery dates are unimportant — but they do show how connected we are.




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Rare 'merging tsunami' contributed to Japan destruction

The massive tsunami generated by the March 2011 earthquake off the coast of northeastern Japan was a "merging tsunami" — a type of tsunami long thought to exi



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What we learned from Japan's deadly earthquake: One year later

In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Japan tsunami debris looms off U.S. coasts

Items washed away by the 2011 tsunami are already arriving in North America, raising fears of an environmental crisis from Alaska to California.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Largest piece of tsunami debris: Japanese dock washes ashore in Oregon

A nearly 70-foot-long dock floated onto an Oregon beach after being torn loose from a fishing port in Japan after the tsunami.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Tsunami debris a hit with tourists

The 132-ton dock from Japan that washed ashore at Agate Beach last week is attracting crowds. State officials estimate that more than 11,000 tourists have trave



  • Wilderness & Resources

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How wave shapes can explain why tsunamis are so devastating

X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that are often seen at beaches may help explain why tsunamis can be so devastating, researchers say.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Tsunami debris washes up in Hawaii

On the Big Island of Hawaii, debris is changing the landscape as thousands of pounds of trash hit Kamilo Beach — much of it from Japan. The refuse is already



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Landslide-driven megatsunamis threaten Hawaii

Scientists discover that massive volcanic landslides have caused megatsunamis to strike the coasts of Hawaii throughout history, causing widespread destruction



  • Climate & Weather

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On 2-year anniversary, tsunami debris still washing ashore

Two years after a deadly tsunami swept ashore in Japan, killing more than 15,000 people, solemn reminders of the disaster are still washing ashore.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Live fish found in likely tsunami debris

The fish, which live off the coast of Japan, made their way across the Pacific in a drifting skiff. Of the 5 fish that made the journey, 1 is still alive.




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Tsunami debris 'island' isn't Texas-sized, but it is headed toward the U.S.

Debris from the deadly tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 is drifting across the Pacific Ocean toward North America.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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New evidence for ancient Alaskan tsunamis found

This century's deadly tsunamis kicked off an intense search for buried clues to prehistoric killer waves along Alaska's southern shores.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Tsunamiball: A handcrafted wooden vessel for riding out unlikely disasters

Meet Chris Robinson, an average California dad who just happens to be constructing a 22-foot-long tsunami escape pod out of plywood in his backyard.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Evidence of 500-year-old monster tsunami found in Hawaiian sinkhole

A powerful earthquake in Alaska sent towering waves up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall crashing down on Hawaii about 500 years ago



  • Wilderness & Resources

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2011 Japan tsunami unleashed ozone-destroying chemicals

The 2011 tsunami that struck Japan released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Stepping inside the nuclear red zones of Fukushima

An eye-opening photo essay documents the haunting towns that were forcibly abandoned following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Green Books campaign: The Homesteader's Kitchen

Wholesome recipes and motherly advice in a responsibly-printed cookbook.




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A bright Plydea

Plydea's simple but beautiful plywood home furnishings are easy on the wallet, made in Seattle from sustainable materials and — most important to this helple



  • Remodeling & Design

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Trade law hits raw note for Gibson Guitars

When federal agents seized rare ebony and rosewood from famed guitar maker Gibson Guitars, it sparked a firestorm over illegal logging.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Marijuana growers may be destroying national forests

Marijuana smokers might praise their drug of choice as "natural," but pot growers in national forests all over the country have caused "severe" damage to these



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Is your bookshelf made from a 600-year-old Russian tree?

.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a




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Wood meets the waterfront in Timber in the City design competition

A winner is announced for Timber in the City, a design competition that challenged entrants to design a wood-centric mixed-use complex for Red Hook, Brooklyn.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Your choices matter, even if the consequences are hidden

The Rainforest Alliance's new video suggests what it would be like if the environmental consequences of your food choices happened in your own backyard.




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Pluto's moons are even weirder than imagined

Pluto's moons are even stranger and more intriguing than scientists imagined, a new study reveals.




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'Dear Pluto' campaign asks kids to say 'Hi' to planet

Kids around the world can say hello to Pluto ahead of the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet this summer.




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Pluto has its own wild blue yonder

Flyby images recently beamed home by New Horizons reveal that faraway Pluto has blue skies similar to those of Earth.