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Rescue Team Climbs Alps to Deliver Baby

Premie arrives in an alpine meadow

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First-Ever Outdoor Symphony for Utah's Parks

Free concerts throughout the state

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Undersea Project Speeds Up the Web

Google's FASTER project will double connection speeds

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Barefoot Running Alaska Dome 24-hour record
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Barefoot Runner Smashes Record

Georgia native runs 137 miles indoors

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Tana Glacier terminates near the head of the Tana River, where Rob Kehrer perished during the Alaska Wilderness Classic.
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Death at the Alaska Wilderness Classic

10-year veteran drowns crossing river

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What do you do when overcrowding becomes a problem? Take to every cranny of land, air, and sea, of course.
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Your Next House Will Float

London plans to create a floating village

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Save the Rainforest with Your Old Cell

Phones detect sounds of illegal logging

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It's Happening: Climate Change Refugees

New Zealand accepts application from Tuvalu family

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Explore the Cosmos with Google

Google Earth expands to the Moon and Mars

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Shark Attack on Camera

But no one gets hurt

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Firefighters work to suppress the Rim Fire, which burned for two months starting in August 2013.
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Hunter Charged with Starting Rim Fire

The third largest in California's history

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Happy Birthday, Smokey!

America's favorite bear turns 70 on Saturday

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Hawaiian Storms Mean Gnarly Surf

First of two tropical cyclones hits today

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You know what they say about too much of a good thing.
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Turn Your Leftovers Into Cash

PareUp app is designed to reduce food waste

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America Has a New Favorite Food

Demand for almonds up 220% since 2005

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Surviving 19 Hours Without Power in Antarctica

Research station loses heat in the dead of winter

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Drone Crashes into Yellowstone Spring

UAS in hot water

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How Capitalism Can Save Whales

Barges offered compensation for easing up on the throttle

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A Real Time (Living!) Food Label

Breakthrough tech keeps constant tabs on your food

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Devastation After Dam Fails in Canada

Repeated warnings ignored

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There are three types of squirrels in Arizona: the rock squirrel, round-tailed ground squirrel, and Harris' ground squirrel. Note, there are no flying squirrels.
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Squirrel Kicked Off Grand Canyon's Edge

Video goes viral

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Make Your Playlist a PED

Bass-heavy music empowers, boosts performance

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To gluten-free or not to gluten-free, that is the question.
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Finally, Gluten-Free Means Something

New labels will actually be FDA regulated

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We've Entered a Craft Beer Bull Market

Americans just can't get enough beer

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Beloved Moab Structure Topples

Stood for millions of years

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No, Whales Didn't Eat Whalers

Viral story was a hoax

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Southern California Buried in Mud

Massive mudslides after storms leave many stranded

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The Banished Doping King Is Still Working

Armstrong's trusted doctor continues to treat athletes

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Not Everyone Needs 8 Hours of Sleep

People with gene variant can function with less shuteye

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It's like connect the dots--but with 2014 climbing-style.
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The Virtual-Reality Climbing Wall

Lasers and virtual chainsaws are now training tools

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Climate Change Will Destroy Your Lifestyle

British climate projections show impact on global resources.

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Southwest will no longer be jet-setting in high Shamu style.
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Southwest Leaves the Splash Zone

Parts with SeaWorld

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A landslide has dammed up part of the Sunkoshi River and could cause additional damage downstream if it bursts.
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Thousands Flee Landslide in Nepal

At least 12 were killed, over 150 are missing

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Mother Nature's Most Fatal Weather

Death by flood less common than by lightning

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Ground Control to Major Fido

Space burial company to offer service for pets

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K2 is the second-tallest mountain in the world and perhaps the deadliest.
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First K2 Death This Year

Tragic news following a charmed summit day

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Danny MacAskill Rides the Playboy Mansion

Bunny hop takes on a new meaning

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If there's a lot of dead wood sitting around a sequoia grove, a fire would cause more damage. But even then it's not a death sentence for our ancient giants.
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Will Yosemite's Sequoias Burn?

Growing fire threatens well-known grove

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Teen Dies Climbing Longs Peak

No environmental hazards or foul play suspected

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As far as artificial light goes—if you want the biological rhythm of your dreams, blue is best.
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Lightbulbs Can Transform Your Health

Ideal for cave-dwelling office workers

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UCLA Is Underwater

Bruins get doused after water main ruptures on Sunset

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This is one of the very few instances when technology and nature work so well together.
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Let Eddie Bauer Be Your Adventure Guide

New app makes planning outdoor activities easy

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Will-Powered Wheels

Man biking 1,840 miles against doctors' orders

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Dubai: The city where the streets are paved and the people are paid in gold.
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Lose Weight, Get Rich

Dubai awards gold for each pound dropped

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Hilton Knows You Don't Like People

In the future, check-ins will be a purely digital affair

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Similar to a heart attack, you may not realize when you're about to suffer from heat stroke.
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The Real Killer at Endurance Races

Seriously, stop worrying about heart attacks

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Froning Crowned CrossFit King Again

Leblanc-Bazinet wins female division

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What better way to feel triumphant than on a winner's podium on front of the Arc de Triumphe?
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Nibali Wins the Tour de France

First Italian champion in 16 years

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Pakistan's K2 is the world's second tallest mountain and plenty dangerous, but this climbing season seems to be turning out fortuitously.
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The Sun Shines on K2

Second-tallest mountain enjoys a potential slew of great successes

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The U.S. Open of Surfing should be known for one thing and one thing only: surfing.
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Surfing Isn't Fun Anymore

Riots, threats at U.S. Open of Surfing

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Trees Are Urban Superheroes

Gentle giants save more than 850 lives annually

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Baxter Wins SUP World Championships

Hawaii native wins third Molokai2Oahu

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When it came to road racing and Sir Wiggins, he raced, he won, he quit.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins Relinquishes TdF Dreams

He raced, he won, he quit.

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We Are Nature's Serial Killers

Human beings are awesome at making species extinct

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PETA Wants to Pay Your Water Bill

But you have to go vegan

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Iron Curtain Tourism Heats Up

Thanks to a $2.4 million bike path, not Putin

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Famous Hermaphrodite Albino Tree Is Saved

Rare redwood will be replanted, not killed

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With Instagram being the springboard for a new generation of fitness gurus like Jen Selter, it was only a matter of time before the masses took to the gym mirrors with an iPhone camera.
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Selfies Make You Stronger

New fitness app centers around "progress pictures" feature

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Go Pet Your Jealous Dog

If there's attention being doled out, your dog wants it.

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Ginger can be easily incorporated into your diet through powders and supplements--or with some really good sushi.
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2 New Superfoods You Should Be Eating Now

Algae and ginger will revolutionize your health

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Sochi's Next Act? Becoming a Bungee Jumping Mecca.

Walk the 1,800-foot bridge, then leap overboard. If you dare.

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Usain Bolt Rags on Tyson Gay

Says the one-year ban sends "a bad message to the sport"

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Why the U.S. Is Building Brazil an Aquarium

World's third-largest facility funded, designed, made by Americans

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Haris received his pilot's license after being inspired by his father, who became a pilot in the Pakistani Air Force.
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Teen Adventurer Dies In Plane Crash

While attempting to fly around the world in 30 days

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Because a shark sighting beats buttered lobster and white wine spritzers any day.
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"Jaws" Tourism Waves over Cape Cod

Give them shark sightings and they will come

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Do-Gooder Drones

UAVs are heroes when it comes to protecting the environment

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This Supermarket Runs on Rotting Food

UK giant Sainsbury's knows what to do with its leftovers

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Do Laundry While You Run

Treadmill washes clothing during your workout

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This has to be the most stylish way to carry bikes.
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The Sexiest Bike Rack Ever

Team Sky's bikes ride in style thanks to Jaguar

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James Bond Will Revolutionize Diving

$1.3 million Exosuit will take divers to depths of 1,000 feet

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Molly Huddle Shatters U.S. 5K Record

The New York native has done it again.

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How the TSA Makes Flying More Expensive

New fees take effect today

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Earthquakes: Coming to a State Near You

16 states have a "relatively high likelihood" of a damaging quake in the next 50 years

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Should the Kaufmans Blame the Phone Company?

Couple points finger at phone company for triggering rescue

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Shazam for Birds Is (Almost) Here

New technology identifies bird songs

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Smith-Batchen went through the lowest lows to the highest highs during her 584-mile run. Literally.
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The "Quad-Badwater" Run Is Insane

584-mile run is the baddest of them all

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Buy This Mountain, Become a Lord

It costs only $3 million, but there's a catch

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Lance still has some supporters amongst his fellow Tour de France riders—though they may back him more for the sake of the race's history.
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Former Tour Champs Back Lance

Say his titles should be reinstated

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The Salmon Cannon

Forget fish ladders—pressurized tube-transport systems are the newest way to bypass a dam

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Throughout this year's tour, Talansky showed grit that anyone can respect.
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Andrew Talansky Quits Tour

Gritty GC favorite battled crashes and illness

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