Earth Day: The Planet's Most Extreme Places [PHOTOS]
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Human beings thrive in the middle of the road. Essentially tropical animals, we don't like it to be too hot, too cold, too dry or too moist. Our biological clocks are geared toward an even balance of...
Science May Be Murky in the Gulf for Years
Eric Gay, AP
Oil is still in a few places in the Gulf, but for the most part it looks pristine. Anecdotal evidence indicates a rapidly recovering area -- escaped crude oil itself is scarce, and regular tests by...
1 Year Later: Could BP Spill Actually Save the Gulf Coast?
AP
A year ago, when crude oil started to wash ashore in the wetlands of the Gulf Coast, the environment it entered was far from pristine. The BP oil spill, which began after the Deepwater Horizon...
Rough Waters Remain for Louisiana Seafood
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In a few places in southern Louisiana's Barrataria Bay and Bay Jimmy, oil still sheens from the marshes. That shimmer, and the areas around them still closed to fishing, serves as a reminder for all...
Google Sends Messages of Support to Japan From Around the World
YouTube
"Be strong and never give up." "Keep being the best country in the world." "Japón es una nación de gente valiente." On Google's new website, messagesforjapan.com, those words of encouragement are...
Jazz Poetry for Hire on the Streets of New Orleans
Courtesy Saskia Legget
A couple of nights every week, Eric Carter sits at the top of New Orleans' Frenchman Street with a typewriter. The legendary music street is famous for jazz, but he's practicing another kind of...
Boston Tree Party Planting the Fruit of Civic Involvement
Boston Tree Party
It's been more than 2 1/2 centuries since the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor, but headlines every day prove that the historical significance of the Boston Tea Party is as present as...
Shouters Sound Off (and Honor Tennessee Williams) at New Orleans Stell-Off
New Orleans Literary Festival
NEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans, screaming in public can win you fabulous prizes. Tennessee Williams may be among the most accomplished and regarded American playwrights, but he seems destined to be...
Former Basketball Courts Repurposed as Skateboards
Glide Skateboards
The basketball court at Virginia State saw a lot of games over the years. Eventually, though, it saw its last dribble, and construction crews tore up the old hardwood floors. But now, thanks to Brian...
Video Game Community Rallies to Support Japanese Tsunami Victims
meaganvanburkleo.com
If you've been thinking about buying a Nintendo DS, there's one on the market right now that you may want to take a look at. It's cherry red and signed by gaming legends like composer Koji Kondo,...
Giving Amputees the World Over a Helping Hand
Odyssey Teams
When industrial designer Ernie Meadows lost his 18-year-old daughter in a car crash, he wanted to do something to help the world in her memory. He had heard about children in current and former...
Roboroaches: Students Prepare to Control Roaches With Remote-Control Brains
Backyard Brains
Here's something a little more interesting than the same, tired frog-and-worm dissections for your high school science class: an electric backpack that you can jam into a cockroach brain to turn the...
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