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Colbert takes on ‘Socket Huggers’

Watch Stephen Colbert — tongue firmly planted in cheek — get all worked up over energy-efficient light bulb standards and the ‘end of all light bulb-based cooking.’ [...]

Winter rewind: 20 posts to revisit

Phew. It’s been an action-packed season in green home and garden news. Now that spring is officially kind of here, take a moment to revisit the most memorable posts from this past winter. [...]

Found! Bronx Zoo cobra alive and well

After a thorough seven-day search in the zoo’s Reptile House, the missing Egyptian cobra has been found inside the building. [...]

South Pole’s first building blown up after 53 years

The first U.S. research station at the South Pole, built in the mid-1950s, has been destroyed, blown up with dynamite that had to be shoved down through 30 feet of snow and ice to reach the long-abandoned building. [...]

New weapons against invasive carp: Knife and fork

Invasive, plankton-sucking Asian carp might become less of a menace, some suggest, if we ate them for dinner. [...]

Republicans in new push to drill in Alaska wildlife reserve

Not a year after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Republicans are renewing efforts to drill for oil and gas in an Alaskan wildlife refuge. [...]

Transport of oil from tar sands in Canada fuels debate

The good and the bad considerations of getting more oil from our neighbors to the North. [...]

Dark matter could be the life of the party for starless planets

Dark matter may provide the necessary building blocks for organic life to develop on nearby planets. [...]

Huge natural stone arch discovered in Afghanistan

The Hazarchishma Natural Bridge is emblematic of the other natural wonders still awaiting discovery in Afghanistan. [...]

Whale that killed SeaWorld trainer returns to shows

Tilikum, the killer whale that last year drowned a trainer at SeaWorld, performed publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the death. [...]