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- Turns out Nature, like Wall Street, is also bankrupt
by Christopher Mims. If you thought it was just your pension fund that was in the toilet, you'd best break out the plunger, 'cause you've got an entire planet that will shortly be following it down the loo. Check out this infographic: Those three red wedges that are ... - American Idol contestants suddenly AGAINST plastic now
by Jess Zimmerman. Okay, I don't know who this person is. Her teeth are very white and I think she's 13? But evidently she was on American Idol, and she and her other white-teethed glee club buddies from American Idol season 10 (!!!) are taking up arms against plastic. I... - Critical List: Turkeys to be pardoned; Bill O’Reilly can totally get solar if he wants it
by Sarah Laskow. President Obama will pardon two 19-week, 45-pound turkeys from Minnesota today. Their names are Liberty and Peace. It is possible to have Thanksgiving without turkey or turkey-shaped soy loaf. Here are a few ideas for what to serve instead. We're sacrificing... - Elves and Sprites
Upper atmospheric lightning or upper atmospheric discharge are terms sometimes used by researchers to refer to a family of electrical breakdown phenomena that occur well above the altitudes of normal lightning. The preferred current usage is transient luminous events (TLEs) to re... - How to save 20,000 oiled penguins
by Sarah Laskow. Dyan deNapoli (who apparently goes by the moniker " The Penguin Lady ," which is awesome) was very, very put out by a suggestion during the Gulf Coast oil spill that oiled birds should be killed because they're going to die anyway. The Penguin Lady knows tha...
