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5 brilliant mathematicians and their impact on the modern world

Wed, May 22 2013 at 6:20 PM

We owe a great debt to scores of mathematicians who helped lay the foundation for our modern society with their discoveries. Here are some of the most important.

Justice! Girl arrested after tweeting about hit and run with cyclist

Tue, May 21 2013 at 2:20 PM

The swift hand of Lady Justice reached out this week to a driver who Tweeted about striking a bicyclist while she was out in her car.

Lightning strike blows bark off tree

Mon, May 20 2013 at 1:16 PM

Check out the results of a stormy encounter between lightning and the hapless tree it used to find a path to the ground.

Unbeelievable: Giant hive falls through man's bathroom ceiling

Fri, May 17 2013 at 1:30 PM

One Redditor was really lucky not to be using the bathroom when a large beehive fell through his bathroom ceiling.

The mystery of the explosive pig poop foam

Thu, May 16 2013 at 5:17 PM

Industrial hog farms all over the country are being hit by a wave of thick gray explosive foam bubbling up from waste pits. And no one knows why it's happening.

Converting landfills to nature preserves doesn't erase their negative impact

Wed, May 15 2013 at 1:58 PM

There is a danger in fluffy-happy stories about landfill turn-arounds because they make us forget about the bigger problem: Waste.

Bald eagle swoops in and steals angler's catch

Tue, May 14 2013 at 4:41 PM

Bald eagles do what they want, including taking the fish that you just caught but haven't reeled in yet.

Facepalm of the week: Non-GMO salt!?

Tue, May 14 2013 at 7:33 AM

From the people who brought you sand-free peanut butter comes non-genetically modified rock salt.

Freediving with a great white shark

Fri, May 10 2013 at 11:13 AM

Watch this amazing video of freediver Kimi Werner placidly swimming alongside a great white shark.

Chicago is getting its own bike-sharing program

Thu, May 09 2013 at 3:03 PM

In a bid to cut down on traffic congestion, Chicago will roll out hundreds of blue, 3-speed bikes in that city's first large-scale bike-sharing program.

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Thanks for the reply. Just a

Tue, May 14 2013 at 1:59 PM

Thanks for the reply. Just a few points... "Not all consumers are as educated on this topic, and for some it is primordial and comforting to have the NON GMO Verified seal on the products they intend to purchase." Translation: Our customers are not smart and this label makes them feel good about buying our product. "The process to obtain the NON-GMO Verification takes months and includes an enormous amount of steps. " >Step 1: Does salt have genes? No? >Step 2: It's non-GMO!

Yup, 1+2=3. I typoed, thanks

Sat, Aug 27 2011 at 11:20 AM

Yup, 1+2=3. I typoed, thanks for catching it. :)

Thu, Jun 23 2011 at 2:22 PM

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Shea is a entrepreneur and pro blogger living in Portland, Maine. He's been starting companies since founding an online dot com (it's been called "YouTube too early") at the age of 21. He was a founder of Renewable Choice Energy, the country's leading provider of wind credits and Green Options, a green media network with a collection of environmental blogs. A self proclaimed political news junkie, he reads hundreds of blogs a day and has spent the last ten years blogging, managing bloggers, and editing a green Drudge-like news site. He plays Ultimate Frisbee and loves bad pirate jokes and the word "rhubarb".

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