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Tracking the Extinctions and Adaptations Around Us

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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

The last great extinction occurred sixty five million years ago. You can visit the exact point on earth where it started, on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The Chicxulub crater, more than 110 miles in diameter, was formed by the enormous impact of a meteor the size of San Francisco hitting the earth.

Ask Pablo: What Makes A Hotel "Green?"

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Image Source: Alan Levine

Dear Pablo: I am seeing more and more hotels claiming to be "green." What exactly makes a hotel green?

Virtually every hotel these days has signs asking you to hang your towel if you want to use it again or leave it on the floor if you don't.

Animation Tracks Explosions of Every Nuclear Bomb From 1945 to Present (Video)

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Photo via Gizmodo

An art project by Isao Hashimoto does a phenomenal job of showing us where and when we started obliterating pieces of the planet with nuclear weapons.

Squirrel: A Sustainable Meat, and "Tastes Lovely"

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Photo credit christophercarfi @ flickr.

Move over kangaroo, horse, and nutria - there's a new meat on the supermarket shelves at Budgens in the UK - it's squirrel. Squirrel has been eaten in the U.S.