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This winter, New Hampshire will be the setting for some serious presidential primary campaigning and the non-stop news coverage that goes with it. However, for

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A famous harbor and other natural attractions make this former victim of Rust Belt decay an ideal East Coast destination.

Birmingham sits at the center of England's West Midlands region. Though it is not on many international tourists' radar, it is the second-largest city in the co

Jeju Island is not on many Western tourists' radar. This speck of land off the southern coast of South Korea is hugely popular amongst domestic tourists and is

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

This time-lapse video explores a full day at the checkout lanes of a Walmart store in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

From the grocery store to the great pacific garbage patch, this short will open your eyes and tug at your heart.

A new short mockumentary follows a plastic grocery bag on its journey to the Pacific Ocean.

Before the plastic shopping bag can settle into a life of ease in the Pacific ocean it must first navigate its way past dogs, park rangers, and tree branches.

A new CNBC documentary follows the secret life of garbage -- from your trash can to the garbage trucks to the landfills -- and our oceans.

Watch Van Jones as he lays out the case against plastic pollution from a social justice perspective.

More people will soon become familiar with the concept of a plastic footprint.

The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

Earth now has five or six major ocean garbage patches, and new research suggests they'll continue growing for 'at least the next thousand years.'

There's a secret world of microbes hidden on the plastic littering the oceans.

Divers scoured remote Pacific atolls to collect the garbage, some of which had entangled sea turtles.

Earth's oceans now contain 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash, according to the most thorough survey of its kind.

Up to 95 percent of the plastic waste carried out to sea by rivers seems to travel through just 10 waterways, according to a new study.

Blue-green algae in lakes can be fatal to dogs that ingest it while playing in the water.

There are many issues about high-fructose corn syrup, all of them connected to corn-focused industrial agriculture, a practice that is destroying our health and

See how many calories you're drinking, thanks to a clever visualization from Eat This, Not That. Then help make the bad-for-you drinks less easy on the wallet.

Sometimes we take life too seriously. This hilarious comic about one woman's sugar addiction makes me laugh, partly because I can relate.

Warning: Your marinara sauce may have as much sugar as two Twinkies.

According to a new report, children who eat a bowl of children's cereal each day could be eating up to 10 pounds of added sugar a year.

These simple ways can help you say 'no' to capitalism and make the world a better place.

Letting go of things we can't control is easy to say, harder to do. But it is possible, and here's how you can do it.

Peter Tabichi, a teacher in remote Kenya who has been giving most of his salary to the poor, became the first African to win the Global Teacher Prize.

Indiana elementary school teams with 'food rescue' group to turn unwanted food into weekend meals.

In just a year, Karen Jenner has collected 2.4 tons of trash on beaches in Nova Scotia.

A new study tracks more than 200 narcissists from the age of 18 to 41.

Shelterbus is a retrofitted coach bus that serves as a mobile emergency shelter for the homeless in Toronto.

Cucamelons look like baby watermelons and taste similar to cucumbers. Are they worth growing?

The same compounds that make wine healthy can be found in certain raw foods like mint and apples. They can solve your bad breath problem.

2017's food trend predictions are out. Here's a look at 5 trends to look forward to.

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Enjoy this year's abundance of avocados and try one of these tasty recipes that go beyond guacamole.

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