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nogg: The mother(hen)ship has landed

A prefabricated, egg-shaped chicken coop from the U.K. called the nogg adds stylishly futuristic flair to backyard chicken-keeping. [...]

Tropical Storm Nicole kills 9 in Jamaica

The storm formed on Wednesday morning and dissipated by afternoon, and meteorologists disagreed on whether it ever became a tropical storm at all. [...]

Gold rush on the Gulf: Researchers clamor for cash

There’s big money up for grabs, and for scientists who usually toil in near-obscurity, there’s the prospect of lots of media attention. [...]

Planet Pundit: Is algae as green as it seems?

Richard Branson, Unilever, and the Navy have all put their money behind a revolutionary fuel company, but are the company’s green claims overly optimistic? [...]

NYC to curb water runoff with blue and green roofs

The catchment systems would consist of “blue” roofs that have a series of drainage pools and “green” or grass- or ivy-covered roofs. [...]

Tropical Storm Nicole threatens Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas

The system is not expected to strengthen beyond a minimal tropical storm and forecasters predicted it would dissipate into thunderstorms by Friday. [...]

Tokyo’s slow cafe offers soft light in the neon jungle

Amid the hectic neon sprawl of Tokyo, a renegade band of slow-lifers is bucking the trend with silence and candle light at Cafe Slow. [...]

One fifth of world’s plants risk extinction

Plants in tropical rain forests most at risk. Meanwhile, a separate study cautions that mammal extinctions have been overestimated. [...]

Lobbyists say ‘hold on’ to E12 fuel

Twenty-three different groups want the government take more time to study the issue. [...]

Lobbyists say ‘hold on’ to E12 fuel

Twenty-three different groups want the government take more time to study the issue. [...]