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What's a pie without crust?

Coming to terms with the crustless pie trend.




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16 plants that repel unwanted insects

Are you an insect magnet? Whether you need extra protection for your garden or your skin, these herbs and flowers are nature's insect repellents.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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What is companion planting?

Companion planting offers plants enhanced nutrition, shade, weed protection and more. Here's what to to plant together in your vegetable and flower gardens.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Neonicotinoids: What gardeners need to know

The pesticides are effective against a wide range of insects — including the good guys.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Millennials want houses, but they don't want what boomers are selling

There's an "imbalance in the housing market" — young buyers want modern designs, open plans and walkable communities but that's not what boomers are selling.



  • Remodeling & Design

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What is a 'forever home?'

British architect Mark Siddall is designing homes that work at every stage of your life.



  • Remodeling & Design

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16 houseplants that are almost impossible to kill

Even without a green thumb, these plants should be incredibly easy to keep alive. Here are 16 plants that just need a little water and light.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Video: GDPR – What you need to know

Cheryl Martin, partner in the insurance advisory cyber and GDPR practice at EY and Branko Bjelobaba, founder of consultancy firm Branko Limited, share their knowledge on how the new regulations came about.




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Video: GDPR – Marketing: what brokers can and can’t do

In the second of a three part series our experts tackle marketing under the new GDPR rules from phone calls and emails to the post.




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The Blog Spot: RIP Jelf, hello Marsh Commercial - what's in a broking brand?

As Marsh rebrands Jelf, Insurance Age content director Jonathan Swift reflects on the passing of another name heavily associated with noughties broker consolidation




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Blog: Reverse mentoring – the experiment that got me thinking

Sharon Bishop, CEO at Close Brothers Premium Finance, discusses the lessons that leaders can learn from their staff.




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Video: What is reverse mentoring?

Close Brothers, Sharon Bishop, explains how the management technique is helping her.




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Ignite Systems launches broker chatbot service

Yoga Insurance Services, sister company of OneCall, has signed up as the first client.




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10 streets that helped shape America

From parkways to pedestrian malls, PBS takes the wheel for a tour of the nation's most influential streets in a new episode of the "10 That Changed" series.




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What would your city be like without cars? This city tried it

The Spanish city of Pontevedra takes car-free to the next level by converting 75 acres into a pedestrian-only zone.




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Everyone on the road hates everyone else

There is a war on the car, a war on the bike, a war on pedestrians and soon there will be a war on old people.




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What an increase in air turbulence means for frequent fliers

Does an increase in turbulence mean it will be less safe to use airplanes for travel? The science and the numbers behind the headlines.




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What's the best car for older drivers?

Just about everyone recommends a big gasoline-powered SUV for seniors. This will not end well.




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Mystery of the solar-powered ghost ship that washed ashore 3 years ago finally solved

Ship with no crew drifted over 2,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.




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Denmark just got 140% of its electricity from wind. But what does that mean?

Unusually high winds and low demand lead to a significant excess in wind power. What happened to all that electricity?




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After fossil fuels, what happens to the workers?

Coal mines are closing. Oil giants are announcing layoffs. What happens to workers when the low-carbon economy arrives in earnest?




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What if your clothes could store heat from the sun?

Scientists are developing a polymer that can store the sun's heat and release it later when it gets cold.



  • Research & Innovations

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Sea levels are rising fast, and they'll stay that way for a long time

Sea levels are rising faster now than they have in over 2,800 years. And they'll keep on rising, even if we stop polluting tomorrow.



  • Climate & Weather

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The dirt on DIY funerals: What is legal?

Grieving families are increasingly taking control of the funeral. But how far can they go?




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How to fight climate change with what you eat

Environmentalists spend a lot of time telling you what not to eat. Here's how to help fight climate change with what you actually eat.




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Norovirus in kids: How to prevent it, and how to cope when that fails

If you have young children, consider this required (albeit loathsome) reading.



  • Protection & Safety

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What if funeral urns helped plant trees?

Life after death takes a botanical form with The Living Urn.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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The huge carbon footprint of cement (and what we can do about it)

Cement manufacturing contributes 8 percent of global carbon emissions. But what if it could become part of the solution?



  • Research & Innovations

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They're growing what? Hatcheries expand their mission beyond fish

Mussels, birds, turtles: these creatures, and more, are living at national fish hatcheries across the nation, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What lies beneath the Antarctic ice sheet?

Researchers unveil the most detailed map of what's underneath the Antarctic ice sheet, and it will help them predict climate change vulnerability there.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What you can see on fee-free days at U.S. national parks this year

These are the fee-free days for national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests and more protected wilderness areas for 2020.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Firefighters save grove of trees in Australia that predate the dinosaurs

Rescuers scrambled to save 90-million-year-old Wollemi pines from encroaching fire in Australia.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Most Americans support the Endangered Species Act — but that might not matter

The Endangered Species Act is popular with voters, so why are politicians changing it?



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Rural community that lost two coal mines is now teaching kids to install solar panels

A program in Colorado's Delta County aims to ensure a brighter future for the next generation.




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What is sauna aufguss?

The towel-twirling German sauna tradition of aufguss is already a competitive sport in Europe, is now an emerging wellness trend in the U.S.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Your dogs found what in the backyard?!

A couple of dogs snuffling through the backyard brush find a really big surprise: A bear!




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What are ultra-processed foods, and are you eating too many of them?

There's processed food and then there's ultra-processed food. One of them adds a lot more sugar to our diets than we realize.




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What artificial sweeteners do to your body

Artificial sweeteners have been linked to diabetes, stroke and dementia.




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5 foods besides romaine that can have E. coli

Treat these foods with caution to avoid food poisoning.




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What happened to the Everglades?

The subtropical swamp fights for survival in an environmental quagmire.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What causes lightning?

As summer thunderstorms loom across the U.S., MNN sheds some light on lightning -- one of the deadliest and least-understood weather events on Earth.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What causes hurricanes?

Hurricanes are more than just thunderstorms on steroids, here's how hurricanes form, and what you can do to be ready for one.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What's killing all the coral?

A process known as "coral bleaching" has triggered near-record rates of death and dormancy in coral reefs. At least 19 percent of Earth's coral reefs are dead.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What causes tornadoes?

The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth, but their sudden twists and turns still make them mysterious and mesmerizing.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What are the different types of lightning?

From ball lightning and blue jets to elves and sprites, thunderstorms have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

A huge sea of plastic trash is swirling in the North Pacific — part of an even broader plastic plague that's growing in oceans worldwide.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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What is the Gulf of Mexico dead zone?

From red tides in the Atlantic to hypoxia in the Gulf, algae seems to be invading the U.S. from all sides.



  • Translating Uncle Sam

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Blog: Pandemic - what is covered?

Biba's executive director, Graeme Trudgill, addresses the big question around business interruption and Covid-19.




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Insurance Covid-Cast - episode two: What are insurtechs doing to rebalance the bad publicity around insurance and Covid-19?

In the second of a new series of video casts brought to you by Insurance Age and Insurance Post while our journalists are in isolation lockdown we discuss how insurtechs are seeking to create positive customer stories to redress the negative media coverage.




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Blog: What next for commercial motor?

Steve Green of Anthony Jones Insurance Brokers considers the future for the sector as the Covid-19 pandemic bites.