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Tiny golden scrolls found on 2,000-year-old skeleton contain ancient magic spells

The spells are written in a mysterious language, but a few names of demons could be deciphered.



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Researchers predict 359,000 plug-in electric vehicles by 2017

A new forecast from Pike Research says California and New York will be the most popular states for PEV sales.




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Exclusive: Obama pulls plug on $32,000 meeting with electric car advocate

Paul Scott sells Nissan Leafs for a living. He put up his retirement savings for a few minutes with the president to talk about EVs and climate change.




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3,000-year-old tree has a sex change

The Fortingall Yew has been male for centuries, so maybe it's finally time to branch out.



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Fox News: Keystone XL will create 2,000, 85,000, one million jobs

According to the GOP's favorite media mouthpiece, the Keystone XL pipeline would have created thousands, no- tens of thousands, no- hundreds of thousands, wait-




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Senators take note... 500,000 petitions in 8 hours means you're being watched

Senators tried (again) to sneak a last-minute approval for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline into a new transportation bill. But a record-setting 500,000 s




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Humans may have settled in Australia 80,000 years ago, way earlier than previously thought

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.



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Divers unearth 7,000-year-old Native American burial site off Florida coast

The archaeological site is located a mere 900 feet off Manasota Key in Florida.



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Scientists unearth 15,000-year-old tools that may have belonged to the first Americans

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.



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What is PFTBA? Greenhouse gas is 7,000 times as potent as CO2

A greenhouse gas that is thought to have a potent impact on global warming was detected in trace amounts in the atmosphere.



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Carbon dioxide levels are reaching heights we haven't seen in 800,000 years

The latest World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin paints a grim picture for our environment.



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China enlists 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in war against air pollution

Over 60,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army will help increase the total acreage of forested land in China from 21 to 23 percent.



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Florida Everglades fire spreads to 32,000 acres

The wildfire in the Florida Everglades has spread to 32,000 acres, and officials are using all the resources they can to contain it.



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Sunfish plug 'n' play solar for less than $4,000

Cheap solar panels, micro-inverters, and plug-in technology make DIY solar a reality for the first time.



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How much can a 2,000-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail change a man? Take a look

Check out the amazing transformation one man goes through after hiking from Georgia to Maine.



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700,000 backyard bees killed in Detroit

Police are looking for suspects in the apian assault.



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5,000 honeybees strap on tiny backpacks in the name of science

Australian scientists are attaching sensors to bees to track their movements and study colony collapse disorder.



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World's first polluted river flowed through Jordan 7,000 years ago

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.



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One year later: More than 5,000 spills in the Gulf of Mexico

There have been thousands of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico in the year since BP's massive oil spill. We shouldn't be surprised.



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In wake of Gulf oil spill, bacteria sucked up 200,000 tons of oil

Naturally occurring bacteria gobbled up at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas that spewed into the Gulf following the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, a new s



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Marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais receives $500,000 MacArthur 'genius' grant

Nancy Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean "dead zones." The Louisiana researcher has increased our understanding of these hypoxic zone



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What caused 200,000 saigas to die?

Scientists identified the cause of the mystery die-off, as half of the species' population perished within a matter of weeks in 2015.




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Cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth have been 'revived'

Researchers extract nuclei from a preserved woolly mammoth carcass, implant them into the egg cells of mice, and watch as the bits became animated.




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Lost beagle found after 9 days (and 1,000 searchers and a helicopter)

Benny the beagle was the subject of a 1,000-person search that also involved a helicopter.




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25,000 bees found dead in Oregon; pesticide suspected

Experts say it is one of the largest documented bee deaths in the Western U.S.




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Could you get your kids outside for 1,000 hours this year?

A challenge encourages parents to get their kids outside for almost 3 hours a day.




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Why 10,000 steps might not be the right goal

The standard goal of 10,000 steps could do more harm than good for some, says Dr. Greg Hager of Johns Hopkins, and it might not be enough for others.



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5 cheap ways to save 1,000 gallons of water

Water is humanity's most valuable resource. Want to green your usage? These ideas cost next to nothing and can each save 1,000 gallons a year.




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A better world on $1,000 a day

The Pollination Project offers small grants to social-change startups — with big results.




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Thirst Project Gala honors Pauley Perrette, raises $200,000 to end water crisis

Actress helped create wells in third-world countries.



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Berkeley collects $116,000 in 1st month of soda tax

Sure, the tax is bringing in money, but will it really make any difference in people's health?




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20,000 and growing: LEED for Homes surpasses milestone

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t




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AT&T deploys 2,000th CNG vehicle

AT&T has reached a new milestone with its ever-expanding green fleet – the deployment of its 2,000th CNG vehicle.




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Starbucks' new competition: A $3,000 bike-cart

Wheely's coffee and beverage franchises are carbon-neutral and ready to compete with brick-and-mortar stores.



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2,000 NYC pigeons to perform in spellbinding aerial light show

Pigeon-fancying provocateur Duke Riley's 'Fly By Night' is set to dazzle over the East River.




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Move to Vermont, make up to $10,000

Vermont will pay some lucky new residents up to $10,000 to move there and work remotely.




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Coca-Cola donates 1,000 rain barrels

Old syrup drums are being repurposed as rain barrels.



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It takes this dragonfly 3 generations to complete its annual, 1,000-mile migration

Covering thousands of miles on three-inch wings, the common green darner dragonfly completes a multi-generation journey every year.




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Researchers map the world's glaciers (all 200,000 of them)

The recently completed catalog will help researchers understand the effects of climate change and address water issues of local communities.



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AT&T deploys 5,000th alternative fuel vehicle

AT&T is now one-third of the way through its 15,000 alternative fuel vehicle goal.




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Ferrari and Porsche offer $850,000 hybrid green machines

The Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari F70 offer split personalities: voracious performance on tap, but eco-driving if you tread lightly. Is it a new era of Dr. Gre




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What can 28,000 rubber duckies lost at sea teach us about our oceans?

A shipping container filled with rubber duckies was lost at sea in 1992, and the bath toys are still washing ashore today.



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114,000 pounds of trash found at uninhabited islands

Divers scoured remote Pacific atolls to collect the garbage, some of which had entangled sea turtles.



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Want a free $2,000 home electric car charger? Apply today

Two separate projects funded by the Department of Energy are offering free home chargers. The only drawback? You have to pay for the electric vehicle.




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Humans built these mystery circles from mammoth bones 20,000 years ago

Ice Age humans likely lived in these strange circles made from mammoth bones.



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The federal government will pay you $3,000 to get the flu

The National Institutes of Health is looking for brave volunteers to have a live flu virus squirted up their noses.



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Solar Sunflower harnesses power of 5,000 suns

With the power of 5,000 suns, the real engineering breakthrough with the Solar Sunflower might be its cooling system.




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Our chicken just laid a $7,000 egg

After all the time and money we've spent setting up this luxury chicken coop, this is by far the most expensive egg we'll ever eat.




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Worms frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years brought back to life

The last time they squirmed was in the Pleistocene Age.




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28,000 strangers saved an abandoned French castle, and now you can see it

People donated about $50 each to help save and restore the historic La Mothe-Chandeniers castle in France.



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