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5 tips for preparing an older child for a new baby in the family

There are some things you can do to ease the adjustment your older kids experience from having a new sibling, including involving them in the baby's arrival.



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Foreclosed but not forgotten: Green renovation firm revamps bank-owned properties

Community-focused eco-renovation firm Green Canopy Homes teams up with GMAC Mortgage to breathe new, green life into neglected, bank-owned properties across Sea



  • Remodeling & Design

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Boat-dwelling couple swaps rent for slip fees, finds a new kind of freedom [Video]

After exhausting other price-sensible real estate options, a watercraft-loving Portland family settles on a 43-foot boat found on Craigslist for $14,000.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Co-living: Is it a hipster commune, a dorm for grown-ups or a new model of sharing?

Apartments are expensive and hard to find. Is co-living a solution or is it just an upscale rooming house?



  • Remodeling & Design

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14 glimpses of nature from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

For 55 years, photographers have showcased their work in the Natural History Museum, London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.




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Live webcam offers rare glimpse of migrating polar bears

Explore.org has affixed several high-definition cameras to locations in Churchill, Manitoba, the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.'




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Watch a polar bear cub take his first steps

The 2-month-old cub at the Toronto Zoo hasn't quite nailed walking, but he's definitely got being cute figured out.




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Sky turns psychedelic in must-see northern lights video

This real-time aurora video may not seem amazing at first, but that quickly changes at the 1:52 mark.




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Catch a glimpse of polar bear drama in Smithsonian's 'Polar Bear Town'

The new season of Smithsonian Channel's 'Polar Bear Town' will explore the intersection of humans and the 'Lords of the Arctic' in Manitoba.




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Building Rome in a day with virtual reality maps

Team at Seattle university is creating largest 3-D reconstruction that anyone has ever attempted, rebuilding the world one pixel at a time.




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Geo-immersion makes maps come alive

Video: Maps can provide real-time traffic information and 'fastest route' suggestions using geo-immersion — new technology that blends the real and the virtua



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Support of religious groups may bolster space journeys

To broaden support for space exploration, advocates should consider approaching religious groups.




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6 natural remedies for psoriasis

There are some ingredients right in your kitchen that can help improve psoriasis.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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EV charging stations now on Google Maps

Popular maps that have helped bikers and regular drivers now direct electric vehicle owners to the nearest charging station.




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Oregon looks to map GMO crops for better transparency

Southern Oregon voted to ban genetically modified crops completely, but the rest of the state may end up mapping GMO crops for better regulation.




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King of Pops buys a farm to grow its own ingredients

King Of Pops founder, Steven Carse, recently purchased a 68-acre farm to grow ingredients for his all-natural ice pops.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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What chickens do during a solar eclipse

Last week's total solar eclipse was a confusing phenomenon for a brood of chickens in the Faroe Islands.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Sign of the times: Siemens scraps nuclear division

A historic moment for the energy industry — leading technology company Siemens abandons its nuclear division in favor of growing wind market.




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MIT researchers develop world's most accurate solar potential software for rooftops

The Mapdwell project at MIT combines Google Maps, solar power data and some smart algorithms to calculate the costs and benefits of installing solar panels.




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17 home remedies for dry skin, lips and hair

Skin and lips feeling crispy? Try these tips to quench your parched parts and protect yourself from head to toe from the harsh winter weather.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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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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Dr. Bronner's soaps takes on GMOs—and loses, this time

Why is a soap company so heavily involved in a food labeling initiative? Knowing a bit about the activist history of the brand explains why.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Whole Foods' latest whoops? Asparagus water

When a California Whole Foods store put three stalks of asparagus in a bottle of water and sold it for $5.99, the Internet called them on it.




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Why you should add collard greens to your plate, and 6 tips for cooking them

These bitter cruciferous vegetables are an often-looked superfood — unless you live in the South, that is.




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A lipstick-lover's guide to avoiding Red Dye #40

How I learned to find products that don't contain this common additive.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Conscious computing: 4 apps to fight distraction and to focus your mind

It's time to quit multitasking. Plug in and sharpen your attention with these four meditative programs.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Yoga instructor helps heal the nation's capital, one stretch at a time

Deb Berlin is determined to soothe frayed nerves in Washington, D.C., through yoga, a practice she picked up in her teens.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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7 great yoga apps so you can stretch and relax anywhere

These apps can help you get your downward dog on wherever, whenever.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Easy yoga routine helps skiers enjoy the snow

Take off your equipment and run through some poses, right there on the snow, for a quick warm-down.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Mindfulness meditation may reduce drug user relapse

Meditation sessions to promote self awareness may have an enduring effect on curbing substance abuse.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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3 office setups that don't involve a chair

Sitting is bad for your health, so why not swap your desk seat with one of these solutions?




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Environmental groups says stay out of Alberta

Until oil sand situation is dealt with, 'Rethink Alberta' says tourists should travel elsewhere.




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Science helps bats navigate wind turbines

Researchers have developed an interactive tool that uses bat calls and local environmental conditions to help wind farms reduce bat fatalities while still runni




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Watch 28 trombones gracefully cover Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

You haven't heard 'Bohemian Rhapsody' until you've heard it performed by beautiful trombones.



  • Arts & Culture

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New Horizons probe snaps fresh view of Pluto

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet.




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Blu Homes taps into mod outbuilding market with new acquisition

In conjunction with Greenbuild 2012, prefab firm Blu Homes announces the acquisition of Modern Cabana, a family-run company specializing in stylish accessory dw



  • Remodeling & Design

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Tips for teaching kids to be thankful

An age-by-age breakdown for teaching kids how to express their gratitude.




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Watch chimps enjoy a Thanksgiving feast

Project Chimps creates special meals for rescued chimps on Thanksgiving, and you can see how much they enjoyed it in this video.




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9-year-old literally trips over huge fossil

While hiking in New Mexico's Las Cruces desert, Jude Sparks tripped over a stegomastodon skull.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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New technology helps utilities sniff out natural gas pipeline leaks

Aging pipelines leak dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.




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Satellites don't lie: The shrinking ice caps

Newly declassified photos show a shocking loss of ice in the Arctic as global temperatures continue to rise.



  • Climate & Weather

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Polar ice caps melting faster than we thought

A study explored 50 million laser images from a NASA satellite to calculate the shrinking depth of the ice sheets, finding the edges to be particularly thin.



  • Climate & Weather

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Antibacterial socks kill odor and ice caps

New study finds that nanoparticles commonly used in antibacterial socks may significantly boost greenhouse gas emissions.



  • Climate & Weather

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16 clever uses for binder clips

There's less paper in need of binding these day, so put this simple contraption to work with these clever applications.




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EPA greenlights the 'Appalachian Apocalypse'

500 square miles of Appalachian forest is gone forever due to illegal mountaintop mining, and the EPA doesn't seem to mind.



  • Research & Innovations

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Potomac tops list of 'endangered rivers'

The Washington, D.C., river epitomizes the ecological dangers that plague many U.S waterways, according to a national environmental group.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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5 tips for safe packaged ice

If you’re buying ice for your summer parties, we’ve got some tips to make sure there’s nothing but water in that ice.




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Watch: Giant wildfire burns in time-lapse

A videographer captures eerie footage of Colorado's High Park Fire, one of several blazes now raging in the dry, windy, beetle-infested U.S. West.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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10 tips for people who don't like to camp

Camping's not your thing? Here are helpful tips for people who don't like to camp.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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How does a solar eclipse affect animals?

Birds may go quiet, bats may fly around and pets may become uneasy, but it's difficult to predict exactly how non-human animals will react.