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Zoo Installs Electronic Polar Bears to Replace Real Animals

First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what? The ...READ»

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Place Your Bets on When the Polar Bear Population Disappears

If the world is going to hell in a handbasket, why not make some money in the process? That seems to be the thinking behind Irish bookmaker Paddy Power's plan to take bets on the global polar bear population on December 31, 2011.READ»

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Where the Grizzly Can Walk Featuring Brad Pitt

As a member of the Board of Advisors for The Vital Ground Foundation, I invite you to watch this video featuring Brad Pitt. And then take action by visiting www.vitalground.org to learn how you can join Brad, me, and many others ...READ»

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Polar Bears, Shmolar Bears

I belong to a few environmental groups and so I receive a steady stream of flyers from these groups in the mail, more often than not highlighting the plight of whales, polar bears, and wolves.  Even today as the world goes through ...READ»

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Apple iPhone, Beloved by Bears

Bears, those godless killing machines, apparently have a taste for the Jesus-phone. According to CIO.com, a Vermont hiker named Kris Rowley was using her iPhone while on a trail when he was approached by a black bear. Apparently she ...READ»

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Rampaging Elephant Gadget Inspired by 'Star Wars'?

Rampaging elephants may not be a particularly bothersome problem around your neck of the woods, but they are in India. Instead of anesthetizing them, an inventor's come up with a neat solution that's seems to have sprung from repeated ...READ»

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Beverage Marketers Have Created Idea Triggers Better Than Anyone.

They're so good that they're routinely co-opted for political purposes.READ»