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The Week in Pictures: Oil Rigs on Fire and More

10 Week Old Oil Spill's Rig is Now On Fire In mid August 2009, we noted that an oil rig of the NW coast of Australia had sprung a (more...)
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The World's Shiniest, Newest Metro Systems

Dubai Metro One of the latest toys in Dubai's futuristic sandbox is also the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, and an essential addition to the city's (more...)
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David Burdeny's Incredible Iceberg Photography

David Burdeny is an architect and interior designer. He is also a skilled photographer. His iceberg series shows that these frozen giants are far more than platforms for penguins: (more...)
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Super Green Seafood List Connects Ocean and Human Health (in Pictures)

Albacore Tuna Finding sustainable seafood has always been about balancing the health of a given fishery with the health effects of consuming that fish. Some that can be sourced (more...)
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Readers' Green Halloween Photos

From Wee-Huggers dressed up as trees to a jack-o-lantern with a carving of three men raising a wind turbine--much like the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima--readers sent in (more...)
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Horrifying Plants That Eat the Living

Anyone who has seen Little Shop of Horrors has felt it: that sinking feeling that something is not right. And I'm not talking about Rick Moranis singing. I'm talking (more...)
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The Week in Pictures: Green Halloween and More

Green Eyes On: Green Halloween Tips You May Not Have Thought Of Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on Halloween candy, costumes and other Halloween related décor-type items (more...)
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Nature Can Be Creepy! The Strange, The Odd, and The Gross

Yeesh. Nature can create some frightening things. Like this naked mole rat. Far worse than many of the Halloween decorations you find littering the isles of big box stores, (more...)
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13 Creepy, Strange and Gross Green Inventions

Seriously. A lamp that works only with a drop of your blood. What an item to have at your Halloween party! Luminol is the secret ingredient behind the glow. (more...)