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Is your smart phone smart enough to save you on a mountain?
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Your Dumbphone Is a Lifesaver

Why over-the-hill mobiles are saviors on the mountain

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Giving Cyclists Eyes In the Backs of Their Heads

Bike-mounted radar unit warns cyclists of approaching cars

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Good thing there is no ban on banning beach bins.
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Miami's Plastic Bag Disgrace

How a Florida statute is keeping Miami's beaches polluted

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SeaWorld Ride Holds 46 Humans Captive

Park visitors and two employees were stuck for four hours

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MIT Puts Bostonians in the Hot Seat

New tech recharges your body and your phone

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Just one of the views that came under national protection from the Yosemite Grant Act of 1864: a sunset from the Half Dome.
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Yosemite to Dismantle Gift Shop, Parking Lot

To celebrate sesquicentennial, renovations keep the park awe-inspiring

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The North Face's Rob Krar wins Western States after placing second in 2013.
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Rob Krar Wins Western States 100

Or, why the man with the best facial hair always wins

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Consumers are giving companies like Ford a reason to make things such as
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Green Companies Get More Greenbacks

Study finds people support socially responsible companies

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Rupp Wins 10,000 at USATF Championships

Montaño, 34 weeks pregnant, runs 800 in 2:32.13

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Whale-watching boats get up close and personal to our favorite cetaceans—but often, they get too close.
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Whale Enemy #1? Whale Watchers

Tourist boats cause most collisions

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Huckberry Launches Camp Shop

High-quality gear for the savvy aesthete

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Virgin Atlantic's Tray Redesign

Cuts weight, minimizes carbon emissions, adds class

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Black Bear Crashes Party, Eats Cupcakes

After falling through skylight

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U.S. Beaches See Dive in Water Quality

1 in 10 unsafe for swimmers

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GoPro founder Nick Woodman has 17.8 million reasons to have his hands in the air.
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GoPro Stocks Open at $24 a Share

Nick Woodman rings NASDAQ Opening Bell

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Woman Ejected from Zoo for Feeding Lions

Permanently banned after offering cookies, serenading

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World View's parafoil safely floated their test vehicle from a height of 120,000 feet.
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Record-Breaking Balloon Flight

Could mean high-flying space tourism by 2016

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Southwest Airlines to Collect Weather Data

The National Weather Service will benefit from data procured by the commercial airliner

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Google Glass Releases New Fitness Apps

Wearable tech lets you run next to yourself

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Shark Attacks Projected to Increase

Come on in—the water might be fine

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So this is how the West was won.
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Best Mountain Bike Trail in the East

Duluth's Piedmont

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7.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Alaska

Depth of quake may have prevented tsunami

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It took dozens of images for Curiosity to put together this composite selfie. At the same time, the rover drilled into a sandstone area called Windjana, so you can see where the drilling occurred in some photos.
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Curiosity Rover Takes a Selfie

Commemorating one Martian year on the planet

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This Is the World's Ugliest Dog

Mutt claims top prize in prestigious competition

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Atlanta Airport to Open New Sleep Suites

Catch your flight—and some zzz's

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Who wants to learn to ride a bike in the driveway when you can do it alongside the Seine?
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Bikes for Tykes in Paris

The world's first bike-share program for kids

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Injured Tough Mudder Diver Recovering

Officials still haven't released name

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French Make Effort to Stop Alienating Tourists

Be nicer, ministers request

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Armstrong's lawyers argued the Postal Service benefited from the exposure it gained from Armstrong's cycling team.
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Armstrong Headed to Court

Judge denies cyclist's request to dismiss lawsuit

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New Rules for Trekking in Nepal

Local guides now mandatory

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Catch a Wave on International Surfing Day

Events held worldwide for holiday's 10th anniversary

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The World According to Elon Musk

It's his clean-energy world. We just revolve around it.

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WATCH: Mountaintop Explosion

Chile's Cerro Armazones to host world's largest telescope

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Oskar Blues Bike 'n Brew Wonderland

Say that 12 times fast

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From the Redwood forest, to the Gulf stream waters, this yogurt was made for you and me.
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Stonyfield Source Map

Yogurt company takes consumers from cow to cup

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With Lake Mead's infamous bathtub rings pointing to dangerously low water levels, people in the Colorado River are riding a slippery slope into critical drought. outside online; outside magazine; hoover dam
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Draining Water from SW Cities

As the drought worsens, restrictions get tough

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Disaster for Wiggins

And other news from cycling's front lines

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Despite legal pressure from the international community, Japanese whaling campaigns are continuing.
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Japanese Fleet Kills 30 Whales

Marks the country's first whaling campaign since IJC court ruling

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The ISSpresso makes the best coffee off earth.
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Espresso in Space?

Because Tang and Nescafe are so Apollo 13

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D.C. Named Most Walkable Metro Area

Study ranks 30 largest U.S. cities.

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Delta's Giraffe Gaffe

There are no giraffes in Ghana

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It's not unheard of for two tornadoes to form at once, but it's rare for them to continue spinning next to each other for a long time and at high intensity.
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Twin Tornadoes Hit Nebraska

2 dead, at least 16 injured

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Sodium cleanup, aisle seven.
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New FDA Guidelines to Lower Sodium

Put the saltshaker down, America

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Wear Your Helmet! Bike Shares Linked to Brain Trauma

14 percent increase in brain-injury risk

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Retired German racing legend Michael Schumacher was comatose for six months before doctors decided to start withdrawing sedatives in an effort to wake him.
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Michael Schumacher Emerges from Coma

Ski accident victim looking at long recovery

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Now, winding roads and desert highways are yours to record--as long as you have a GoPro and a Bimmer.
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BMW and GoPro Partner for In-Car Camera

Record every trip around the block

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Can "Super Bananas" Save Africa?

Genetically engineered fruit fights malnutrition

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American Andrew Talansky Wins the Dauphiné

Upsets Favorites Froome and Contador

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A radar glitch or aliens? You decide.
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13 Aircraft Mysteriously Disappear from Radar

Two separate blackouts of identical length

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Third time's a charm--Alison Powers becomes the USA's first hat trick titleholder.
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Hat Trick History for Alison Powers

Cyclist also holds lead in North Star Grand Prix

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Double Whammy: Full Moon and Friday the 13th

Is this the worst day ever?

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With tusks weighing more than 100 pounds each, Kenya's
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World's Largest Elephant Poached in Kenya

Killed with a poisoned arrow

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Jornet ran up and down Denali's frigid terrain as part of his Summits of My Life project—and because he can. kilian jornet denali mt. mckinley
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Kilian Jornet Sets Denali Speed Record

Ultrarunner shaves 5 hours off fastest time

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Who knew that fish bladders could make for such a lovely, clear lager?
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Craft Brewers Raise a Glass to New Regulations

While big corporations face pressure to post ingredients

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Francesco Totti of A.S. Roma plays in the 2013 Major League Soccer All Star Game—a setup that, according to new research, might have been a real nightmare for team players.
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How Star Players Can Ruin a Team

There's such a thing as too much talent

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George H.W. Bush Skydives

"41" turns 90. Still charges.

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These little chicks could grow up to be fuel for stroke prevention.
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STUDY: Protein Is Key to Avoiding Stroke

14-year study pushes chicken, fish

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That Viral Shark Video from Australia?

Yeah, it's fake, and you've been duped

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Do You Know How Hard You Work Out?

A new study says you don't

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About 200 endangered mountain gorillas live in Virunga National Park, which is also Africa's oldest and most diverse park.
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Huge Victory for Virunga

Oil company agrees to stop exploring World Heritage Site

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A new Mexico City ban on animals in circus acts puts nonhuman performers in a precarious situation. animal cruelty outside online barnum and bailey ringling brothers animal trainer elephant lion tiger bear dog
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Mexico City Bans Use of Circus Animals

Violators face $70,000 fines, confiscation of animals

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Great Pacific Race Underway

Rowing from Monterey to Honolulu

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Better pose harder if you want to get your money's worth out of D.C.'s yoga classes—they may come with an extra tax in the coming year.
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D.C. Proposes Tax on Gyms, Yoga Studios

Owners protesting "fitness tax"

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This little moose needed a vacation--it's hard out there in the wilderness.
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Baby Moose Checks in at Vail Ski Lodge

Sometimes you just get sick of roughing it

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Behold "Meat Rushmore"

National Jerky Day spotlights all-beef monument

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365 Nights Outside

Duluth Boy Scout raises $6,000

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Colorado Pot Revenue Growing Like Weeds

Stoners take hits, marijuana sales do the opposite

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Why can't we be friends--oh wait, now we can be.
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Puppy Love Potion Discovered

Makes the world a friendlier place, one hormone spritz at a time

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A Marine launches a Puma AE by throwing it in the air. The first drone approved by commercial use with BP is also popular with the military.
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First Commercial Drone Flies

Belongs to energy company BP

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Animals Feel Regret

When it comes to food choices

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Camel Milk: The Next Superfood

Fuel to get you through your hump days

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Utah's Mountain Man in Court

Faces 10 years in federal prison

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Another bear checks out the video camera our Beaufort Sea polar bear carried around. Scientists gathered about 40 hours of video from the bears.
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Polar Bears Film from POV

Capture life in the Arctic

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Castration Looms for Alpha Bear

The downside of sexual dominance

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New App Geotags Roadkill

Nail a deer? Get our your phone!

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Good thing there are seagulls to keep Nick Hancock company on Rockall--because nobody wants to be lonely.
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Well THIS Man Is An Island

Scott plans 60-day stay on deserted rock

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Melanoma Hotbed Dishes Bold Sun-Exposure Rules

Australians say: Get more natural rays

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These kids are on their way to better bones—but they'll benefit more if they stay just as active through adolescence.
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4th Graders Swap Chairs for Stability Balls

Bouncing Builds Better Bones

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Bicycles: a free ride that you can ride freely.
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World Naked Bike Ride Set for June 7

"Carfree" (not Carefree) is the motto

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It's looking more and more like Lance Armstrong will be taking the stage to testify in two separate cases very soon.
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Pressure Mounts in Armstrong Whistle-Blower Suit

Rider asked to testify this month

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