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Hmong shaman work with traditional doctors to heal patients at California hospital

The new policy at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Merced builds trust and community, and the patients are seeing the results.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Nun shows off soccer skills with police officer

This nun in Ireland shows off her soccer skills in a game of keepie uppie with a police officer.



  • Arts & Culture

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Belgian abbey revives its brewery with rediscovered medieval beer recipes

Grimbergen Abbey will use centuries-old books as inspiration to start brewing beer again after more than 200 years.




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How to survive pollen season (without locking yourself inside the house)

How to pollen-proof your life with these 20 tips for seasonal allergy sufferers.




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Nissan Leaf launches new ad campaign with Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong joins a new media campaign to market the innovative 2011 Nissan Leaf.




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Exclusive: Obama pulls plug on $32,000 meeting with electric car advocate

Paul Scott sells Nissan Leafs for a living. He put up his retirement savings for a few minutes with the president to talk about EVs and climate change.




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Women go for men with green cars, survey finds

New survey shows women like men who drive green cars — and that they find supercar drivers "arrogant."




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eFarmony: Connecting landowners with farmers

Innovative program seeks to match landowners with people who will lease their land for organic farming.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Cargotecture commingles with carrots at organic farm in Shanghai

Shanghai's largest organic farm branches out into the hospitality industry. The first step? Constructing a visitors center from over 70 shipping containers.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Growing green: Interview with organic farmer Daniel Mays

After graduating from college, Daniel Mays followed his heart back to the land and has been working to build his own small organic farm up here in Maine.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Astronauts to grow lettuce in space with NASA 'Veggie' farm

The mini-farm isn't just for tasty food — the Veg-01 experiment will test how well lettuce and other large plants grow in orbit.




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Whack your way out of winter with a handcrafted camp axe

With campfire season just around the corner, the Explorers Axe collection will help you chop — and look — smart.



  • Remodeling & Design

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How to farm without a field

These pioneers are sprouting produce indoors, no soil or sunlight required.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Japan to encircle Fukushima with frozen earth

Japan is pledging $500 million to build a wall of frozen earth around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which has been leaking radioactive water.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Snail hunts faster fish by drugging them with insulin

The venom of some cone snails contains insulin, a new study finds, helping the sluggish mollusks snag speedier prey.




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MNN exclusive: One-on-one with Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The wunderkind behind the battery-powered car revolution chats with MNN about his company's future.




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A rip-roaring first ride in the electric Toyota RAV4 built with Tesla

I liked this small battery SUV fine, though it exhibited a mysterious slowdown. If charge times are speeded up and the price kept within reason, it should sell.




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Recycled toilet paper purveyor hawks product with birdseed billboard [Video]

British loo roll company Nouvelle erects an outdoor advertisement that doubles as a massive roadside bird feeder.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Lilliputian London home hits the market with a giant-sized price tag

In trendy Barnsbury, a quarter million pounds will get you a flat that's close to all the action and where the toilet is in the shower.




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Vertigo calling: Walkways at London's Tower Bridge outfitted with glass floors

The just-unveiled glass-bottomed walkways at Tower Bridge offer a dazzling new way to see the city. And, yes, ladies can wear skirts without fear.



  • Arts & Culture

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England gets its ducks in a row with 'duck lanes'

Beyond making way for ducklings, the new lanes are also meant to help humans slow down and be more polite.




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English city combats climate change with 3 million new trees

Manchester's City of Trees scheme will plant one leafy specimen for every resident.



  • Climate & Weather

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How to grill salmon and shrimp with no sticking

To grill perfect salmon and shrimp, get ready to break out the cooking oil.




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Celebrate the spring equinox with this majestic time-lapse of blooming flowers!

The vernal equinox marks a shift in seasons, and nothing says that better than flowers bursting into bloom.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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You're betting on moisturizer with sunscreen to save your skin. You shouldn't.

Study finds that moisturizer with sunscreen isn't as effective as straight sunscreen.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Artist celebrates nature and its impermanence with morning altars

Artist Day Schildkret creates morning altars out of flowers, bark and leaves every day.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Interview with an inspiring baker

Why are hundreds of people taking up the challenge to bake every loaf in the 'Bread Baker's Apprentice'? The organizer has some thoughts.




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Seasonal recipe: Green peas braised with lettuce and scallions

All of the ingredients for this monochromatic side dish are in season in most regions right now, and they combine to make a quick and healthy side dish.




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Going local without going loco

You can change your buying and eating habits, one step at a time, says author Lou Bendrick in an excerpt from her book, "Eat Where You Live."




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Are receipts poisoning us with BPA?

A study has found that 40% of the receipts U.S. shoppers get everyday are contaminated with shockingly high amounts of the dangerous chemical bisphenol A, aka



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Whole Foods comes clean with Eco-Scale rating system

Whole Foods Market unveils a rating system for household cleaning products sold in its stores. But is additional transparency really necessary in a store that a




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Ring in summer with Gallagator

As Memorial Day kicks off summer in the U.S., an American alligator sums up the moment by channeling Gallagher with an iconic summertime fruit.




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Whole Foods announces sister chain with lower prices

The “hip, cool and tech-oriented” chain will target millennials.




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How the moon messes with your sleep

Full moons can disturb your sleep, but it's the lunar cycle that's to blame, not the light.




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Cooking with oranges: 15 recipes starring this healthy fruit

How to add more of this healthful fruit to your diet.




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Lena Dunham exercises to deal with anxiety, and so do I

Exercise has been proven to help those with anxiety issues.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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I'm living with cancer, and I'm OK

For my 23rd birthday, along with some shirts and books and other stuff, I got Hodgkin's disease.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Lululemon reveals too much with some of its yoga pants

The yoga clothing giant is recalling the pants because they're too sheer.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Can you laugh pain away with yoga?

Mike Lewis helps to heal people with brain injuries via some mindful belly-laughs.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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What is Dudeism? And what does it have to do with Buddhism?

The Day of the Dude is now celebrated worldwide.



  • Arts & Culture

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6 ways to treat PMS without drugs

From ginger to exercise, natural methods may help beat cramps, bloating and other monthly symptoms.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Nudge away your stress with goat yoga

There's a waiting list 1,000-people long to do yoga surrounded by goats in Oregon.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Too much stress? Try yoga with an alpaca

Farms offer stress relief yoga classes with the help of calming critters, like goats and alpacas.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Europe clashes with Canada over oil sands

New rules in Europe could effectively ban oil derived from 'tar sands,' prompting cheers from environmentalists but jeers from some Canadians.




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Rare encounter with piglet squid leaves deep sea explorers at a loss for scientific words

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.




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A windy boat ride with Soren Hermansen

By good fortune, we happened to share our ferry to the windy, carbon-neutral island of Samso with the Danish prophet of renewable energy, Soren Hermansen, direc



  • Research & Innovations

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Watch: A green job with a view

Wind turbine technicians can spend their work day suspended hundreds of feet above the ground.




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Shake off the bah-humbugs with Dial-a-Carol

Need holiday cheer? Call Dial-a-Carol 24/7 for a festive boost.




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Vinyl is a great way to connect with teens

Break out the turntable and your old vinyl, and you may be surprised at how your digital loving kids connect with them — and you.




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Iceland embraces slow TV trend with leisurely 24-hour drive around the country

Soundtracked by Sigur Rós, the ultra-mellow trek was broadcast live on national television.



  • Arts & Culture