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A Gorgeous, Towering Hive To Save Our Dying Bees
Rick Smith didn't set out to save the honeybees. Instead, when the Buffalo business owner purchased a 15-acre plot of land along a bend in the Buffalo River just east of Lake Erie in 2006, he planned...
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Can GPS Tracking Reduce Asthma Attacks?
About 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, but everyone's triggers are different. Some people start wheezing when they're around household pets or spend too long in a dusty basement. Others get...
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This Awesome Tiny Car Has A Secret: Its Driver Is In A Wheelchair
All Stacy Zoern wanted was a car she could safely drive on her own. Born with a genetic condition called spinal muscular atrophy, the intellectual property lawyer uses a wheelchair to get around her...
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A Crowdsourced Map For Finding Antibiotic-Free Meat And Poultry
If you'd rather not swallow a mystery dose of antibiotics along with your pork-chop dinner, it helps to know where you can buy antibiotic-free meat in the first place. The Fix Antibiotics food map,...
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Can Robots Help Autistic Kids Connect?
Toy robots can bring out the kid in anyone, but children with autism are especially mesmerized by them. Now a startup called Interbots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has developed a 10-inch tall robot...
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A New Film Shows What Happens When The Uninsured Get Sick
Last week, Mitt Romney noted in an interview on 60 Minutes that "If someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the...
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A Mirror System That Brings Sunlight Into The Darkest Corner of Your Home
We've waited decades for the clean, green solar-powered revolution, but it's not quite here yet, mostly because solar panels still cost too much and convert too little of the sun's energy into...
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There's something seriously wrong with a health care system that makes patients wait a month or more just to get a doctor's appointment. Fed up with this information bottleneck all too common in the...
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It's no science-fiction fantasy. With wearable gadgets like Google Glass on the horizon, all that's missing is an ultraportable power source that never needs recharging--like, say, your own body heat....
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Dogfish Head And Sierra Nevada Help Design A Beer Glass Just For IPAs
Iconic drinks come in signature glasses, like the sombrero-shaped margarita glass, the balloon-esque brandy snifter, and the flared martini glass. But until recently, beer of all stripes was typically...
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The Public Library Wants To Be Your Office
It's 9:45 on a Monday morning, and Jonathan Marino has just arrived at his tech startup in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood. The 30-year-old director of content for Map Story--which aims to be the...
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These Handicapped Rock Climbers Are Way, Way Stronger Than You
On a muggy Sunday night in South Brooklyn, a petite redhead with pale green highlights in her hair works her way up a 35-foot wall at the cathedral-like indoor climbing mecca known as Brooklyn...
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Has Philadelphia Made A Bike Share That Can Get The Entire City Biking?
Ever since Washington, D.C., launched the nation's first publicly funded bike share program in 2008, some 70 cities have followed suit, from Savannah to Seattle. And while some systems have floundered...
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A Gorgeous, Towering Hive To Save Our Dying Bees
Elevator B rises from the industrial wasteland of Buffalo, New York. But it's not just art, it's also what might be the most beautiful working beehive you've ever seen.Rick Smith didn't set out to save...
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Can GPS Tracking Reduce Asthma Attacks?
A new device notes when and where you use your inhaler, so you can create a map of when and where it's hardest to breathe.About 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, but everyone's triggers are...
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This Awesome Tiny Car Has A Secret: Its Driver Is In A Wheelchair
Retrofitting existing cars for handicapped drivers and to store wheelchairs is a huge expense. The Kenguru lets people in a wheelchair roll themselves right into the driver's seat.All Stacy Zoern...
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A Crowdsourced Map For Finding Antibiotic-Free Meat And Poultry
In parts of the country where there isn't an organic store on every corner, it can be hard to find meat not doused in chemicals. This map can help lead you to cleaner meals.If you'd rather not swallow...
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Can Robots Help Autistic Kids Connect?
Popchilla might look like an adorable plaything, but it's way more than that. It's a special tool that can be controlled by parents or therapists to help interact with autistic children.Toy robots can...
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A New Film Shows What Happens When The Uninsured Get Sick
Mitt Romney recently noted that we have a plan for the uninsured in America: They go to the emergency room. Waiting Room, a new documentary opening today, shows exactly what that means for our health...
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A Mirror System That Brings Sunlight Into The Darkest Corner of Your Home
These sunflower heliostats let you focus the sun's light anywhere, from your solar panels to your garden.We've waited decades for the clean, green solar-powered revolution, but it's not quite here yet,...
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