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    Dropping sunspots! Lunar eclipses! Oh, my!
    Today's big news is all about the great big sky. Not that it's falling, but for some alarmists and reactionaries, it might as well be. That's because the big science news on Wednesday was that there's a serious halt to sunspot activity, which might potentially impact the world's climate and climate-change initiatives, including renewable energy projects.

    By Molly Priesmeyer  . 

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    Ethanol subsidies: A uniter among Midwest rivals?
    Senate Democrats and Republicans agree on little these days, save for the fact that the sun rises and sets. (Although where it rises and sets still might be up for debate.) However, a group of Midwest senators agree on one thing: Subsidies for ethanol should be extended.

    By Molly Priesmeyer  . 

  • ENN

    Signed, fracked over in the Midwest
    It's not easy being sand these days--or a riverbed or prairie land or a forest. That's because new oil-sand processing and natural-gas fracking facilities are popping up like weeds in Canada and the Midwest, resulting in destruction of the land and serious environmental concerns.

    By Molly Priesmeyer  . 

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    Oil sands on The Daily Show
    The oil sands isn't a common topic in American media, so it came as a bit of a surprise to me that The Daily Show sent Wyatt Cenac to Alberta to do a segment on Canadian oil production.

    By Ken Paulman  . 

  • ENN

    Those blasted bulbs
    If you're at all like me, you've been searching for a smartphone app that will delight small children and enrage Tea Partiers all at the same time.

    By Ken Paulman  . 

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    Oh, there's also the bus
    A story on construction-related freeway traffic in the Twin Cities doesn't even consider that there are ways to get around besides driving.

    By Ken Paulman  . 

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