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- A new Oxfam study shows poor countries have made bigger carbon reduction pledges than rich ones.3 hours ago+
- Airports in Germany are using honeybees to evaluate the effects of air traffic on air quality.4 hours ago+
- General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says "we ought to just slap a 50-cent or a dollar tax on a gallon of gas." Agreed.4 hours ago+
- Uh oh: All that paved land in our cities "can alter weather patterns in a way that keeps pollutants trapped over cities."5 hours ago+
- "Slide to unlock" and nine other human gestures that have been patented by gadget makers.7 hours ago+
- The mayors of five California cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, and San Jose—have penned a letter urging the state to get going with high-speed rail already.8 hours ago+
- A "friend" of Alec Baldwin's says the actor might run for mayor of New York.9 hours ago+
- Listen to a dramatic reading of the (complete!) iTunes user agreement and terms of service by Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfus.9 hours ago+
- Good news for manga lovers: Next year Japan's Kyoto Seika University will offer a Ph.D. in manga studies. 9 hours ago+
- Unsettled by Facebook's new face recognition system? Here's how to disable it.10 hours ago+
- Shopping carts, upcycled into awesome street furniture.10 hours ago+
- The Guardian wonders why the pope won't put women's health before papal law when it comes to HIV prevention.11 hours ago+
- The truth may still be out there: the discovery of roundworms living deep underground could mean there's life in space.11 hours ago+
- Slate explains why airplane seats are in dire need of a makeover.12 hours ago+
- Watch Steve Jobs personally present the plans for Apple's new headquarters to the Cupertino City Council.12 hours ago+
- The Daily Beast wonders why all these women-aimed websites have to be so pink and perky.13 hours ago+
- Apparently, the green movement extends to the afterlife, too. Eco-friendly funerals are on the rise in DC.13 hours ago+
- BP research shows that China is now the number one consumer of energy in the world, edging out the United States in 2010.14 hours ago+
- Facebook has stealthily introduced a facial recognition system for photo tagging. Once again, eyebrows raise about privacy issues.14 hours ago+
- Syrian-American blogger Amina Arraf has been abducted. There's a petition calling for her immediate release.15 hours ago+
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