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Video: Seagrass Beds, the Prairie of the Sea: In the Grass (St. Joe Bay)   video
Offbeat  (tags: ecosystems, conservation, environment, water, Sustainabililty, science, oceans, nature, wildlife, wildlife, pictures, animals, interesting )

JL
- 22 days ago - youtube.com
Gammarus mucronatus, shrimp-like crustaceans, feed on the algae that grow on seagrasses. Without these tiny grazers, the seagrass beds that serve as nurseries for various species would be covered in algae
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NASA's Original Want Ad for Astronaut
Offbeat  (tags: wanted add, NASA, astronaut, interesting, humans, science, space )

Giana
- 38 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Wanted: Human being willing to be strapped into highly combustible spaceship filled with thousands of gallons of rocket fuel. Must be willing to commute into space.
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Slideshow:Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
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JL
- 41 days ago - npca.org
The mighty Mississippi is one of the largest and most fabled rivers in the country and home to seven national parks--but only the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area was specifically created to share the history & science of the river itself.
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Video: College Kid Forced To Remind Know-It-All Economist That He's Actually Not A Scientist
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JL
- 41 days ago - upworthy.com
Stephen Moore, libertarian economist and Wall Street Journal columnist learned the hard way that spin doesn't work in the face of facts.
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Video:'Don't Frack My Mother'
Offbeat  (tags: climate, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, habitat, government, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, nature, humans, politics, pollution, protection, science, research, Sustainabililty, wildlife, water, arts, ethics )

JL
- 61 days ago - thenation.com
One of the hippest and most amusing videos you'll watch this year might also be the most important. In a new star-studded anti-fracking spot released today, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, the forces behind Artists Against Fracking,
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A Creationist Picks A Fight And Loses To A Priest   video
Offbeat  (tags: creationism, religion, superstition, faith, creationist, priest, education, science, reason, critical thinking, knowledge )

Brian
- 79 days ago - youtube.com
"In a debate about creationism, one guy got pretty upset by those who advocate for it. And by one guy, I mean a priest."
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Energy in Depth Shows Truth of Promised Land
Offbeat  (tags: climate, conservation, destruction, environment, energy, healthconditions, nature, pollution, water, research, science, politics, protection, safety, society, performance, ethics, arts, business )

JL
- 109 days ago - earthworksaction.org
It's no surprise the gas industry doesn't care for Focus Feature's new movie Promised Land.
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The Controversy Over This Documentary Is Likely to Burn Very, Very Hot
Offbeat  (tags: radia-active, energy, environment, Sustainabililty, politics, pollution, protection, science, research, arts, news, technology, society, protection, ethics, environment, performance, safety, unusual )

JL
- 121 days ago - takepart.com
Veteran filmmaker Robert Stone's 'Pandora's Promise' argues that new nuclear reactors need to be part of our energy solution.
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Ensuring the Resilience of the Serengeti (Book Review)
Offbeat  (tags: wildlife, world, Sustainabililty, water, trees, science, research, protection, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, animals, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, wildanimals, endangered, protection, arts, animals, environment, culture, ethi )

JL
- 164 days ago - economist.com
The plain is called Serengeti, from a Maasai word for "great open space", and there are several ways to tell its story.
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Video:There Might Be Starving People In Africa, But What About The Cold People In Europe?
Offbeat  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, ethics, freedoms, humanrights, politics, world, usa, society, Refugees&Relief, food, death, diet, nutrition, safety, science, risks, study, prevention, protection, unusual, arts, performance, interesting, off-beat, children, cultur )

JL
- 166 days ago - upworthy.com
You've probably seen those commercials on TV around the holidays that ask for donations to developing nations-- they inundate you with sad, starving children in hopeless conditions. This video turns that angle of charity guilt-sploitation on its head & m
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Video: The Quintessentially British Response To Everyone Who Denies Global Warming Because It's Raining
Offbeat  (tags: climate, climate-change, weather, globalwarming, globalwarming, climatechange, science, world, europe, funny, culture, ethics, humor, off-beat, performance, arts )

JL
- 166 days ago - upworthy.com
I was almost happier before I realized this video was a joke, when I thought England was actually penalizing these people. But even as a fake PSA, it's still so spot on, eh?
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Woman Hoards "30" Government Life Line Phones or Obama Phones   video
Offbeat  (tags: politics, obama, society, world, science, business, unusual, environment )

Cam
- 223 days ago - youtube.com
WHERE IS YOUR GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT ON THIS PROGRAM?
19 comments
Video: Stop Telling The Trees Your Personal Secrets. They TALK To Each Other.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, pictures, off-beat, interesting, trees, science, environment, funny, odd )

JL
- 230 days ago - upworthy.com
According to Professor Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia, there actually are some form of "mother trees," and they can communicate with each other.
16 comments
Pictures: New Supervolcano Found in Hong Kong
Offbeat  (tags: science, discovery, interesting )

Marty
- 253 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Much of Hong Kong and its Victoria Harbour, including this rocky islet, lies atop the remnants of an ancient supervolcano with an 11-mile (18 kilometer) wide caldera, Chinese authorities revealed last week.
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