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Most Popular Articles of November: Moby Dick's Doppelgänger, Gift Guide, Pee-Powered Generator, and More
Spotted: An all-white humpback whale! We also have the Green Gift Guide 2012, 12 ways to help Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, the world's oldest twinkie, a pee-powered generator, and more.
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Environmental First Lady Honored by USPS with Forever Stamps
Lady Bird Johnson's commitment to making America more beautiful through plants and flower is commemorated in new stamps.
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Guns to Drums: An Orchestra Made of Old Weapons
The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.
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Choose Toys with Staying Power This Holiday Season
More complicated gifts mean your kids will likely lose interest.
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Artist Recycles 65,000 CDs as Shiny, Floating "Water Lilies"
Cast adrift on the pond of a botanical garden, this artist's installation of thousands of salvaged CDs is an eye-catching delight.
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50 Forgotten Bird Songs Play in a Sydney Alley
An art installation in Australia reminds us of the destructive force of urbanization.
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Beware the Scent of Orange When Shopping
Retailers who pipe in a subtle orange aroma may be subliminally coercing you to spend more money.
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Richard Shilling's Land Art Finds Beauty in Nature
Richard Shilling uses leaves, twigs and sunlight to capture and enhance the beauty of nature.
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Photographer Captures Poignant Beauty of Industry-Ravaged Landscapes
Elena Dorfman's compelling images of Midwestern rock quarries are as sad and eerie as they are beautiful.
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Recycled Plastic Dolls Become Creepy Sculpture
Barbie and Ken have become something very sinister.
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Art Made from Mt. Everest Trash Exhibited in Nepal
Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.
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Become a Scottish Lord or Lady for $49.99
While at the same time supporting conservation for land at risk of development.
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From Pardoning Turkeys to Black Friday, How Did Thanksgiving Get So Off Track?
This is how we now give thanks: Systematically slaughtering 46 million birds, offering a pardon to one or two of them as a token gesture of our magnanimousness. And then being told to shop like there's no tomorrow.
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Love-Struck Peacock Saves a Turkey From the Dinner Table
Not too long ago, Miss McFeathers had seemingly unbreakable plans for Christmas dinner -- as the main course. Lucky for her, things changed when she entered into a little interspecies romance.
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Artist Paints With Beer to Save Animals
Depending on your point of view, this artist's work is either an innovative new use for beer, or the waste of a good beverage. But at least it's for a good cause.
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From Necklaces to Nail Polish: 5 Ways Shopping Supports Hurricane Sandy Relief
Take altruitsic advantage of these companies' good will to donate to disaster relief and start your holiday shopping.
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First Ever "Food Tattoos for Hunger" November, 18
Get food tattoo for "Food Tattoo for Hunger" Day and help feed someone this holiday season.
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Beekeeping Donkey is a Honey Farmer's Best Friend
It might seem strange to some, but honey farmer and inventor Manuel Juraci is unashamed to call a jackass both a colleague and a friend.
