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The Last-Minute Green Christmas Gift that Keeps on Giving...

Rated 08:06am • 1 review • environment • greenhandsusa.com

From the page: "Christmas means a lot of great things, but one thing that isn't always great is the amount of batteries required by the gazillion toys that and portable electronics that will be given out this year. So if you're stuck for a last-minute gift idea, why not make an eco-friendly choice and pick your loved ones up a back of rechargeable batteries and a battery charger!
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Extinction Countdown: On the horns of a dilemma:...

Rated Dec 22 • 1 review • environment • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "Four of the world's last eight surviving northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) are now living in Africa for the first time in decades as part of a last-ditch effort to save the subspecies from extinction.
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A Downside of Organ Donation - WSJ.com

Rated Dec 22 • 1 review • health, transplants • wsj.com

From the page: "Within three months of his kidney transplant last March at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Peter C. Platt was rehospitalized with serious infections that did not respond to treatment. The culprit: strongyloides, an intestinal parasite that had been found in the donated organ. He died on July 15, surrounded by his grieving family."
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Extinction Countdown: In 100 Heartbeats Jeff Corwin...

Rated Dec 19 • 1 review • environment • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "Conservationist Jeff Corwin is known for often bringing a goofy passion to his television projects for Animal Planet and other networks. His latest effort displays no less passion, but switches out most of the jokes for gravitas."
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Extinction Countdown: Trying to keep Rudolph, and his...

Rated Dec 17 • 1 review • environment • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But if we're not careful, his reindeer could soon be nothing more than a myth."
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Want to Recycle Your Electronics? Best Buy May Be Your...

Rated Dec 17 • 1 review • environment • greenhandsusa.com

From the page: "Best Buy will accept just about any old electronics for recycling, and most of the time they'll do it for free. With more than 1,000 stores across the country, that equals a lot of opportunities for you to get rid of your old goods in a responsible manner.
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Extinction Countdown: Will the U.S. military do right by...

Rated Dec 15 • 1 review • environment • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "Would a plan to build a 2.5-mile-long airfield in Okinawa, Japan, doom a rare manateelike species to extinction? That's the assertion of more than 400 environmental organizations (pdf), which recently sent a letter to President Obama urging him to cancel the plans to expand Camp Schwab, a U.S. Marine Corps base on Okinawa island."
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Ziggy Artist Draws Fight Against Cancer - Tonic

Rated Dec 10 • 1 review • comics • tonic.com

From the page: "There are two ways to look at the comic-strip character Ziggy: either as a perpetual loser, or as someone who maintains a positive attitude no matter what life throws his way.

Cartoonist Tom Wilson, Jr., definitely embodies the second viewpoint. Even in the face of terrible tragedy, he is working hard to create positive change in the world."
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Stradivaris Violin Secret? His Talent: Scientific...

Rated Dec 09 • 1 review • bizarre • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "A study in the journal Angewandte Chemie that looked at the varnish used in Stradivarius instruments found nothing unusual, leading the researchers to conclude that Stradivari was just a master craftsman who had no secret ingredients unknown to other instrument makers. "
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Setting Boundaries: 10 Guidelines to Save Earth:...

Rated Dec 08 • 2 reviews • environment • scientificamerican.com

From the page: "The scale of humanity�s impact on the globe is becoming ever more apparent: we have wiped out species at a rate to rival great extinction events of all geologic time as well as contributing to a rapidly acidifying ocean, dwindling ice caps and even sinking river deltas. Now an international group of 29 scientists has taken a preliminary stab at setting some concrete environmental thresholds for the planet."
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