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Weird science: Dogs have internal magnetic compass to guide pooping orientation

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.




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Harness monitors health and well-being of guide dogs

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.




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Cancer-sniffing dogs detect lung cancer with 97% accuracy

Authors of a new study say dogs may help develop over-the-counter tests capable of life-saving early detection.




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Egg Maps and Green Routes Create Vegetable Tourism in the Incredible Edible Town Todmorden

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!




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Underwater Robot Maps Antarctic Ice in 3D

The robot was part of a bigger mapping project that reveals the overall volume of ice in Antarctica, not just the ice cover.




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Secret Google Maps gesture is awesome for one-handed navigation

A great gesture that allows you to zoom into a map with one hand on your smart phone.




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eBee drones create 3D model of the Matterhorn

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.




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Google Earth launches high-resolution global deforestation map

The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe.




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Gorgeous high-res map shows Earth's wind patterns in amazing detail

The movement of air around the planet is fascinating, and has never been more clear thanks to this map. The modeling system used to make it can simulate worldwide weather at remarkable detail.




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Satellite maps show hidden geothermal energy sites around the world

A satellite that ran out of fuel two years ago is now giving scientists a huge wealth of data.




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Google Earth gets a major visual upgrade

The software gets a facelift, letting users virtually travel the world in even greater detail.




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New Backpack Could Ease Water Carrying Burden for Women and Children

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.




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Beetle-Inspired Design Uses Old Plastic Bottles to Pull Water from the Air

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.




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Water Treatment System Uses Salt and Electricity to Provide Clean Drinking Water to Thousands

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.




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Solar wagon delivers a self-contained portable water purification system

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.




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Thermal power plants use 4x more water than all US residents, solar PV doesn't need a drop

As you can see in the satellite photos above, California is experiencing a massive drought over most of the state. The most visible aspect from space is the snow cover (or lack thereof) over the Sierra Nevada mountain range




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Yikes! California's extreme drought could last "a decade or more", 2014 driest year in a century

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.




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Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.




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Reflective paint, free water, medical training: How Indian authorities slashed heat deaths 90%

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.




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'Whimsical scientist' seals himself inside greenhouse for climate change experiment (Video)

This man wants to prove a point about rising global carbon dioxide levels by locking himself inside this DIY greenhouse for the next three days.




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75 percent of Venice just went underwater

That's more underwater than usual.




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Dead bodies are emerging from Mount Everest's melting glaciers

With a warming climate, the remains of unlucky mountaineers are beginning to rise from the ice.




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Why are transit riders who jump fares treated so much more harshly than drivers who steal parking spaces?

It's time for some fareness.




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Streetfilms and a sock puppet ride the 14th Street Busway

Where have I seen this movie before?




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A remarkable video of the ever elusive snow leopard

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.




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Wildlife is thriving in Fukushima evacuation zones (video)

A lesson in what happens when the humans disappear.




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The secret language of crickets (video)

What's in a cricket's song? And how do they do it?




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Bumble bees could vanish forever within a few decades

The most important pollinators on the planet are disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter.




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Sweden's famous white moose in all his mystical glory

When the rare leucistic moose appeared before his camera, photographer Anders Tedeholm captured the magic.




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Red meat may be taxed in Denmark to fight climate change

Climate change has become an ethical issue in the eyes of the Danish Council for Ethics, which suggested last week that the government consider a tax on beef, and eventually all foods depending on climate impact.




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The "Stopping EPA Overreach Act" redefines what a pollutant is and stops regulation of greenhouse gases

This is beyond climate denial, it's science denial




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Two cute videos teach kids about climate change and smog

Explaining climate science to kids is challenging, which is why clever animated videos can help.




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Decarbonization must treble to keep up with climate change

Progress is being made. But the climate keeps unravelling.




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China thinks it's a developing country now

The largest greenhouse gas emitter wants wiggle room when it comes to cutting emissions.




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Sword-Swinging Ninjas On Skis Go After Asian Carp (Video)

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with




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Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Worst in Decades

Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in any Pure Michigan ad campaign. They're of algae,




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Too Far? New Plan to Separate Basins, Stop Asian Carp, Costs Billions (Video)

Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.




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The Decolonizing Diet Project is Teaching Volunteers to Eat Like Native Americans

How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?




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How can we deal with the Asian Carp invasion?

A major report just released offers expensive technological solutions. We reivew options ranging from barriers to bow-hunting.




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The Rush-Bagot Treaty that demilitarized the Great Lakes is 200 years old today

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment




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Are the Great Lakes under threat from thirsty Southwestern American states?

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?




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Europe is warming faster than climate models projected

More than 90 percent of weather stations studied showed the climate was warming, a percentage too high to purely be from natural climate variability, say researchers




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Robotic ocean gliders discover new answers to why polar ice is melting

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.




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Key glacier in Antarctica is cracking from the inside out

New discovery points to troubling signs for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the collapse of which would prove catastrophic.




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March of the Penguins takes over cities worldwide

A posse of paper penguins has spread to major international cities in the past week, as part of a new Greenpeace campaign to protect Antarctica.




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Inquisitive Emperor penguins star in delightful selfie (video)

Australian Antarctic Division captures a vision of curious penguins ready for their close-up.




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Radiohead's Thom Yorke releases song to help Antarctica (video)

In support of Greenpeace's Antarctic campaign, this may be the prettiest video I've ever watched – and the cause couldn't be more important.




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It's wood. It's Passive House. It's the "Goldilocks density."

Boston is getting a "CLT Cellular Passive House Demonstration Project" that pushes every TreeHugger button.




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Homemade pasta is cheap, easy and delicious

Or, how to make a super special meal with just a few ingredients.




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8 homemade salt and sugar body scrubs

Turn your bathroom into a spa with an exfoliating DIY body scrub. Here are 8 homemade scrubs made with ingredients already in your kitchen.