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Half the Natural Gas Extracted in America Now Comes from Shale

Shale gas is growing in importance faster than anyone expected

The Federal Government Now Has an Official Save-the-Bees Task Force

Unfortunately, it's not a task force made of bees, but it does have bee welfare in mind

An oasis in the desert. Tucson, Arizona, as seen from space. October 28, 2011.

Arizona Could Be Out of Water in Six Years

Prolonged drought and a rapidly expanding population are pushing Arizona's water system to its limit

William Powell and John Barrymore in the Silent Film Sherlock Holmes, 1922

“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business

What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?

A view of a damaged production unit after a bomb attack at Baiji oil refinery, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad February 26, 2011. Militants attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery on Saturday, killing four workers and detonating bombs that touched off a raging fire and shut down the plant in northern Iraq, officials said

The Jihadists That Just Attacked Iraq's Oil Fields May Already Have More Than $2 Billion in Assets

ISIS is an incredibly well-financed terrorist organization

Redskins' Trademark Cancelled by U.S. Patent Office and This Time, It May Hold up in Court

The agency ruled against the NFL team, saying the name was "disparaging to Native Americans," but an appeal is likely in the offing

Londoners Are Fighting Back Against "Hostile Architecture"

From spikes in the ground to benches designed to be uncomfortable, hostile architecture is pushing already fringe groups further away from the public eye

President Obama Could Create the World's Largest Marine Sanctuary

The protected zone would make a large area in the Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing and other environmentally harmful human activities

Double Tornadoes Aren't Particularly Rare, But Yesterday's Was Remarkable

Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you'd think

When Did We Start Calling ‘Football’ ‘Soccer’?

"Soccer" isn't an Americanism at all—it's a British word

Mexican emigrants crossing the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas.

At Least 47,000 Children Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since October

And tens of thousands more are expected to cross before the year's out

A woman raises a knife and shouts slogans against then Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Brotherhood during a march against sexual harassment and violence against women in Cairo, February 6, 2013.

In Egypt, 99 Percent of Women Have Been Sexually Harassed

The government recently moved to criminalize sexual harassment

Back in 2004, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (bottom jumper) celebrated his 80th birthday with a tandem parachute jump over Texas A&M University with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team.

George H.W. Bush Celebrated His 90th Birthday by Jumping Out of a Helicopter

At 90, Bush is still a decade short of being the world's oldest skydiver

The Baker river, one of the Patagonian waterways that would have been blocked by proposed dams.

Chile Sides With Environmentalists and Communities, Rejects $8 Billion Dam Proposal

Environmentalists are calling the decision "a land-mark"

Americans Actually Want to Pay More Money If It Will Help Stop Climate Change

Nearly two thirds of Americans are willing to pay more for their electricity if it means cutting carbon emissions

Residents walk near a destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 15, 2011.

Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins

Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine

Yan'an, China is flattening some of the mountains surrounding the city, seen here in a photo from 2012

China Is Tearing Down Mountains to Build Cities

Land creation projects are proceeding apace without scientific research to back them up

No day is a day without running for streakers

The Longest Running Streak on Record Is 16,447 Days

Jogging junkies give exercise records a run for their money

Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

The Last Navajo Code Talker Has Died

Chester Nez played an instrumental role in World War II

Military police during the ceremonial lowering of the Chinese flag in Tiananmen Square.

Twenty-Five Years After the Tiananmen Square Massacre, China's Still Trying to Muffle Its Memory

Stories and photos preserve the memory of the massacre that is all but a mystery to many young Chinese

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