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Christmas trees could make a great green fuel

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Christmas trees could make a great green fuel

An air-free roasting process readies trees and other biomass to replace coal as fuel for power plants

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Smoked jellyfish: The roast of Christmas future

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Smoked jellyfish: The roast of Christmas future

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Hunters hunted: The revenge of robo-deer

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Hunters hunted: The revenge of robo-deer

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Extreme beer: No accounting for taste

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Extreme beer: No accounting for taste

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The secret of secret Santa

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The secret of secret Santa

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Getting medieval: The first firefights

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Getting medieval: The first firefights

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Robot, robot, wherefore art thou robot?

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Robot, robot, wherefore art thou robot?

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From god to gobbler: How the turkey got its breast

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From god to gobbler: How the turkey got its breast

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Jingle hells: How muzak messes with your mind

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Jingle hells: How muzak messes with your mind

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Weird warriors: The animal world's dirtiest fighters

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Weird warriors: The animal world's dirtiest fighters

From sea beasts that disembowel themselves to lizards that make knives out of their own broken bones, you don't want to mess with these kick-ass critters

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Booze myths: The truth at the bottom of the bottle

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Botanical ballistics: Nature's fastest plants

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Sozzled superconductors sizzle with speed

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51¶¯Âþ 2010 holiday quiz

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