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Death Valley, California set an unusual new record last week matching the hottest low temperature ever recorded on Earth
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An advertisement issued by some brilliant London entrepreneurs may well be the first coffee ad ever
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Drought grips 55% of the US mainland causing a shortfall in crop production, with very low chances of it ending any time soon
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There's so much more to the humble taco than meets the hungry North American consumer's eye - or palate
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Lurking in the shadows around any discussion of the placebo effect is its nefarious and lesser-known twin, the nocebo effect
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Last week, the CDC released its Wedding Day Survival Plan, a document which reads like a natural disaster preparedness checklist
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Lemurs are the most threatened group of vertebrates on the planet
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Researchers now need only a blood sample from a pregnant mother to construct a fetus' entire genome
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Americans are “confident that individual actions can help the environment,” while simultaneously, “trailing the rest of the world in sustainable behavior.”
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Two New York City jewelers, caught with $2 million worth of illegal ivory, plead guilty to charges of commercializing wildlife
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Forget wind, solar and even seaweed. Renewable energy is getting down and dirty...with dirt!
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Should we hunt down and kill man-eaters?
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Stubborn climate skeptic hold-outs now face more than just the rest of the world's scorn: Their towns might not be on the map in a few years
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