Science
New Jersey to receive solar farms, part of $446 million plan
June 11, 2013What was once a landfill in Kearny, New Jersey is the first such farm, and currently boasts 12,500 solar panels over 13 acres.
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Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
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Students can now earn a college degree in heavy metal
May 22, 2013Students enrolled in the degree program will learn the history of metal, from past censorship issues to major events and achievements.
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Science of happiness – and the April jobs report
May 15, 2013There are two broad measurements of happiness: first, the ups and downs of daily emotions, and second, an individual's overall evaluation of life.
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East Coast to be overrun by billions of cicadas
May 8, 2013Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.
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