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Home Canning Preserves Your Home-Grown Fruits and Vegetables

Save money and reduce waste from your garden by canning fruits and vegetables.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Cooking with Herbs: Infuse a Four-Course Meal with Flavor

Basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme and mint bring fresh flavors from the garden into a four-course meal, from appetizer to dessert.



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Plant bulbs at the right time for brilliant blooms in spring

These guidelines will help you determine the best time to plant bulbs, for a colorful burst of blooms in the spring.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Create an Anytime Seeding Nursery – Step-by-Step

Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean your passion for gardening needs to hibernate.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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3 Outdoor Gardening Games for Kids

To prevent kids from getting bored over the summer, teach them some fun garden games.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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It's the boomers 'wot won it'

Once again, a vote in the U.K. demonstrates a demographic and cultural divide that's changing politics.




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Walk between the Smokies on North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge

SkyBridge, North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, opened earlier this year in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. And now it's ready for Christmas.




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Bougainville residents overwhelmingly vote to become world's newest nation

Residents of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become independent from Papua New Guinea.




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Pilgrims can still follow this ancient path from Canterbury to Rome

The Via Francigena is a 1,250-mile trail that passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy.




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How to watch the northern lights from the comfort of home

Watch the northern lights from home, courtesy of explore.org through their live camera in Canada.




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Welcome to Niue, the first country recognized as a Dark Sky Place

The island nation of Niue may be the best place in the world to soak up a starry night.




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Why approaching comet ATLAS is so bright (and how you can see it)

The celestial object C/2019 Y4 or ATLAS may be visible to the naked eye by May. It was only just discovered in 2019.




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5 reasons why the James Webb Space Telescope is such a big deal

The highly anticipated successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in spring 2021.




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Black holes power some of the brightest objects in the universe, so why is ours so calm?

Black holes generally power some of the brightest objects in the universe, so why is Sagittarius A* so calm?




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'Granny pods' are the latest alternative to nursing homes

Your aging parent may prefer living in a tiny house in your backyard.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Teen driver at home? Here's how to keep insurance costs down

If you have teenage drivers and are trying to live within your means, here are a few tips for keeping insurance costs down.




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6 ways to clear physical and mental clutter

Clutter causes stress on many levels. For families feeling the need to create more space — mental, physical, emotional — here are 6 suggestions.




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How to protect yourself against medical ID theft

Medical identity theft is a hassle, but for a person managing a severe health issue, it can be life-threatening. Here's what you need to know.




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11 ways to save money on medical expenses

Rising health insurance costs have many people worried about the financial impact on the family budget.




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Your ultimate pear primer for fall

Move over pumpkin spice, the humble pear is a true harbinger of fall. Here's how to choose and eat the different types of pears.




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Carmen Buckner is Aflac’s ‘family man’

Buckner is dedicated to creating and maintaining a family atmosphere, both at work and in his service to the community.




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Nanette Stark is Helping the Homeless, One Meal at a Time

For this CSR Hero, helping those less fortunate is a family affair.




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When is the best time to eat dinner?

Nutritionists say it's not just what we eat, but when we eat dinner that matters.




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Why some foods 'taste too good' to stop eating

A new study seeks to define what a 'hyper-palatable' food is, and how they're specifically designed to make us eat more than we should.




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How safe are edible, homemade gifts?

Those seeking a more sustainable holiday are choosing DIY food gifts. But have you taken all the precautionary measures when it comes to canning?




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How to prep a week's worth of soups in no time

With careful planning and strategic shopping, you can prep a week's worth of soup so that getting dinner on the table isn't so hard.




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When is store-bought better than homemade?

Making food from scratch is wonderful, but there are some snacks out there that should probably stay store-bought.




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Make a simple homemade electrolyte drink

Don't spend money on bottled electrolyte water when you can make your own. This homemade electrolyte drink is healthier than sugar-filled store-bought versions.




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Mediterranean diet could add years to your life

The secret ingredient in the Mediterranean diet is in the antioxidants.




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Diesel by any other name

The how and what of powering diesel engines.




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Women rule this eco-oasis

Female-owned biodiesel station tanks up the Bay Area.




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VW pushes eco-diesels -- and reaches out to American soccer moms

Volkswagen is trying to convince Americans that its TDI diesels are as environmentally friendly as hybrids, and it's using sports marketing to get the message a




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Gentlemen, start your solar panels

NASCAR racetracks are at the heart of red-state America, but here they are installing photovoltaic farms, running on ethanol and biodiesel, and mowing the lawn



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Could alligator fat become a source for biodiesel?

Lipids derived from gator fat meet nearly all of the official standards for high-quality biodiesel.




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Forget electric vehicles: Here come the 50-mpg gas and diesel cars

Electric cars get all the love and the federal money, say diesel and turbo advocates — and they want a level playing field.




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Daniel Gomez Iniguez: Biodiesel entrepreneur

Daniel Gomez Iniguez isn't a typical college student. Gomez and his three partners have developed biodiesel production technology designed to be accessible in a



  • Arts & Culture

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Advantages of biodiesel fuel blends for home heating

Virtually sulfur-free biodiesel fuel is available in blends for home oil burners.




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Student entrepreneurs help heat Rhode Island homes

Cassandra Lin and her classmates provided enough biodiesel to heat 210 homes in Westerly, Rhode Island.



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Washington to take on several environmental and energy issues

While cap and trade and the Gulf Oil Spill dominate headlines, congress is taking on issues ranging from Asian Carp to jobs in National Parks.




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Battling Asian carp with swords and football helmets

Pitchforks? Water skis? When all else fails, these extreme fishermen go medieval on the tenacious invasive species.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Mantria Corporation: The biggest green Ponzi scheme ever?

Investors bilked out of $54 million chasing the promise of a green utopia.




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Farmers skirting biotech rules

American farmers’ noncompliance with rules intended to keep bugs from developing pesticide resistance could mean trouble for corn.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Scientists create mouse that can smell light

Researchers say the mutant mice study could increase our understanding of perception systems.



  • Research & Innovations

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Fish that regrows cardiac tissue could mend human hearts

Scientists hope to end heart transplant surgery forever thanks to help from the amazing zebrafish.



  • Research & Innovations

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Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal

Researcher in Glasgow says he has created living cells made of metal instead of carbon — and they may be evolving.



  • Research & Innovations

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Using brain meld, scientist remotely controls colleague in another building

A scientist successfully used his mind to control the hand of a researcher playing a video game in another building.



  • Research & Innovations

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New synthetic chameleon skin could lead to instant wardrobe changes

Technology could lead to the transformation of clothes, cars, buildings and even billboards.



  • Research & Innovations

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'Mechanical' invisibility cloak inspired by the honeycomb

Researchers have learned how to compensate for imperfections in a honeycomb lattice that could lead to new advances in architecture.



  • Research & Innovations

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Development of bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts officially underway

The Office of Naval Research hopes to harness locusts' powerful sense of smell to protect soldiers on the battlefield.



  • Research & Innovations

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Glowing plants might soon light your home

Scientists created the glowing effect without any genetic modification.



  • Research & Innovations