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Driving Ford's snazzy new C-Max Hybrid

A bit of a chameleon, this new $25,995 car offers good looks, stellar utility and 47 mpg in the city or on the highway. If you try it, you'll like it.




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The next NSX: Honda's top-secret braintrust in Ohio

The high-performance NSX from Acura will be a platform for hybrid technology and lightweighting.




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Driving the Ford C-MAX Energi

The Ford C-MAX Energi might be the perfect around-the-town car for this family.




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7 'purrfect' DIY solutions to hide the litter box

If you have an indoor cat, you have a litter box. Finding a good place to keep the box is tricky, especially if you live in a small place. Here are some ideas.




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BRIGHTER LIVING: Green tax incentives

With tax season just around the corner, this video will show you where you could receive some tax credits.




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Tips for extreme pumpkin carving

Mike Wendland shares a website's tips for extreme jack-o-lantern carving.




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5 extraordinary works of CoolClimate art

More than 1,000 visual art submissions are narrowed down to 5 winners in a unique contest to find compelling images that can be persuasive voices for the enviro




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6 examples of pricey, trash-based art

One man's trash is another man's art. Take a look at six artists who have taken discarded items and turned them into upscale, high-dollar artwork.



  • Arts & Culture

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11 beautiful examples of art inspired by science

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.



  • Arts & Culture

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Flex fuel vehicles may be on the way out

A new survey shows that fewer Americans are interested in flex fuel vehicles and instead prefer fuel-efficient standard gasoline models.




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Which diet is right for you? 14 plans explained

Weight Watchers? Paleo? Whole30? DASH diet? Every diet offers something different, here's your guide to figuring it all out.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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How a Bronx teacher started a green classroom revolution that's spreading across the U.S.

Stephen Ritz, author of 'The Power of a Plant,' developed a curriculum for indoor gardening that is changing lives and improving schools.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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17 extraordinary bookstores

Boasting breathtaking design and extensive collections, here are some of the most remarkable bookstores from around the globe.




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Dr. Seuss may have modeled the Lorax after these real-life monkeys

The author wrote most of 'The Lorax' while visiting an ecosystem inhabited by orange, mustachioed patas monkeys.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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El Paso, Texas: Destination of the week

El Paso can be defined in many ways. It is a busy border crossing, the smaller of two cities that make up a cross-border metropolis (the Mexican city of Juarez




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Experience the natural, cultural and archetectural beauty of Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia's Caribbean port city, might not enjoy the name recognition of Bogota or even Medellin, but it has many of the features of a bona fide mains




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Attention history buffs and nature lovers: Explore Santa Fe, N.M.

Green-minded travelers will find plenty to love in Santa Fe. It is highly walkable. Local, organic and fresh ingredients are the norm in many of the city's most




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Explore the beauty of Puget Sound

Gorgeous sunsets, abundant wildlife and serenity can be found just a ferry ride away from Seattle.




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Experimental project to clean Pacific Ocean garbage patch

I've been covering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the past year or so and just wrote about it here on MNN last week.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Dr Pepper feud brewing in Texas

Dublin Dr Pepper, the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottler, faces a lawsuit from Dr Pepper Snapple Group.




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Insect 'extinction event' will transform nature

More than 40% of the world's insect species are threatened with extinction, and their loss could upend nature as we know it.




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Is your Netflix habit bad for the environment?

Netflix and other streaming video services have a climate footprint, but it's not as bad as the headlines say.




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How to make fresh sour mix for cocktails

Forget the big plastic jug of cloying pre-made mix. Fresh sour mix is easy to make and it's versatile, too.




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Ford C-MAX Hybrid rated at 47 mpg

The hybrid earned a 47 mpg rating in the city and on the highway.




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Crude oil prices have dropped, so why is gasoline still so expensive?

If there's plenty of product on the market, gas prices should be falling. Here's some reasons why they aren't.




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Pluto: A beautiful, complex puzzle for scientists

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto's staggeringly diverse terrain, and scientists are only now starting to dig into what it could all mean.




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SpaceX may try land-based rocket landing

SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform.




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U.S. infant death rate down, life expectancy steady

Infant and adult morality rates both dropped in 2014 though overall life expectancy held steady.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Meet Tayna, the faintest ancient galaxy yet

Noticing the galaxy was a lucky catch by the Hubble telescope.




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See the epic views of SpaceX's rocket landing

The rocket's return even surprised SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, who initially thought the Falcon 9 booster didn't actually stick its landing.




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Next Mars lander delayed due to leaky instrument

The InSight lander is equipped to study the Red Planet's interior in unprecedented detail.




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5 dinosaur trends that will be bigger than T. rex

Here are five hot trends that paleontologists expect to see in 2016 and the years ahead.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What to expect from the Leonid meteor shower

The Leonids are expected to reach their peak before dawn on Nov. 17 but will still be visible through Nov. 21




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Why are white potatoes excluded from the WIC program?

Funding for many fresh fruits and vegetables increased with the new guidelines, but white potatoes have been excluded. Why?




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Go ahead, order the least expensive bottle of wine on the menu

Restaurants are on to our wine ordering habits, so the cheapest bottle of wine on the list may really just be the best value.




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'Sugar tax' works at Jamie Oliver's restaurants

Consumption of sugary beverages is down at Jamie Oliver's restaurants, but is it only an increase in price that made the difference?




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11 extreme ice cream flavors

From foie gras to beer and bar nuts, this odd assortment of extreme ice creams would leave even Willy Wonka scratching his head.




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Does bottled water need an expiration date?

Your water won't 'go bad' after that date, but there are good reasons it's on the bottle.




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Don't mix those cool copper mugs and alcohol

When copper from a mug mixes with the acids in a cocktail like a Moscow mule, copper poisoning can occur.



  • Protection & Safety

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How to peel and cut a mango like an expert

Mango is a delicious fruit that can be a pain to cut. Here's how the pros do it gto et the most fruit without hassle or harm.




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Does beeswax-coated food storage really work?

Those food storage beeswax cloths and bags you've been noticing? They work.




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AltCarExpo: Not just for alt-car fans

The free AltCarExpo will give Southern Californians a look at the latest greener cars -- and car-free modes of transport.



  • Arts & Culture

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Hype builds around mysterious Bloom Box

Hype builds around Bloom Energy's flagship solid oxide fuel cell -- a cleaner, greener 'power plant in a box.'



  • Research & Innovations

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Extraterrestrial sugars discovered in ancient meteorites

Finding sugars in meteorites adds a new twist to theories of how life arose on Earth.




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Scientists discover 'monster' black hole that 'should not even exist'

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a monster black hole larger than thought possible.




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Astronomers discover galaxy with 3 supermassive black holes

The unusually close trifecta of black holes will likely merge into one giant entity over the next several hundred million years.




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Mysterious ring galaxy continues to puzzle astronomers

Hoag's Object, a celestial doughnut that features a galaxy within a galaxy, is a beautiful enigma of the cosmos.




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Scientists find mysterious galaxies that don't have any dark matter

19 newly discovered dwarf galaxies are missing dark matter.




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This Earth-sized planet turns out to be our nearly next-door neighbor

Researchers have found a rocky planet, GJ 1252 b, that's just 66.5 light-years away and it's zipping around a red dwarf star.




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All hail Godzilla, the king of all galaxies

Astronomers use the Hubble telescope to image Rubin’s galaxy, or UGC 2885, which may be the biggest galaxy ever.