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Forget skimmer ships, top kill, and any gibberish that came out of James Cameron's mouth: MIT researchers have invented a super-absorbent robot that can lap up oil faster than you can say Deepwater Horizon.
Crap, where were these guys a few months ago?
More people are working remotely than ever before, which is bad news for coffee shops. Once the province of college students and stoned poets, suddenly they’re teeming with everyone from copywriters to pushy corporate types willing to raise fisticuffs over a free electrical outlet. What’s a cafe owner to do?
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[Recently we brought you news that this art installation was coming. Now that's its open we have the first pictures and videos of it in action.—Ed.]
An airplane is an airplane, and all airlines are roughly equal in spewing carbon-dioxide into the stratosphere, right? Wrong: The most fuel efficient airlines can be 25% more fuel efficient than their most inefficient peers, as this superb infographic by GOOD shows:
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Good Little Piggy is a savings bank designed to turn even the brattiest children into do-gooders. For $54, you actually get two piggies, a momma, and a baby. The big one’s for the kid; the small one’s for his charity of choice. So while your little monster is saving up for the Nerf Happy Fun Junior Khe Sanh Playset, he can also sock away some change for Save the Children. Behold: tomorrow’s St. Francis of Assisi.
"Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance." --T.H. White, The Once and Future King
[We've reached out to several representatives for Ogilvy Mather, UPS, and Johnson. See their replies below. — Ed.]
Great artists make; great ad-agencies steal.
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