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Find your perfect (furry) match this Valentine's Day

Best Friends Animal Society shares 14 reasons why 'the one' for you might have four legs.




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8 treats to pamper your pet (or pet lover) this Valentine's Day

Check out these sweet gifts for the love of your life, be it of the four-legged or two-legged variety.




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What's 5 stories high and may make you wish you'd never gone down this road?

This impressive feat of design in Chongqing, China connects eight roads, and somehow is still easy for drivers to navigate.




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This little boy can only eat peaches, and he needs your help

The only safe food 2-year-old Micah can eat is fresh, organic peaches. He has food-protein induced enterocolitis syndrome, or FPIES.




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Planet Pundit: Is this spill the Three Mile Island for the oil industry?

BP’s oil spill could hamper the domestic oil industry -- but that doesn’t mean we’ll use less oil.




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You could buy this 370-year-old log cabin ...

The 17th century New Jersey abode comes with a gazebo, 4-car garage and a couple named Harry and Doris.




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Eat This Much creates meal plans for your body, your schedule, your goals

Clever website factors in diet goals, body type and food preferences to create a weekly meal plan that makes sense.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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This beautiful photo of the moon is 50,000 images rolled into 1

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy spent hours creating this breathtakingly detailed composite image of our moon.




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This man's love affair with icebergs will warm you on the inside

No one gets more excited about iceberg season than camera-toting Canadian Mark Gray.




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Polar bear photos 'testify to the beauty of this fragile world'

Wildlife photographer Michel Rawicki captures polar bears in their private moments.




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The nuns in this Wisconsin convent have been praying nonstop for 137 years

Around 180 laypeople help the sisters keep up their round-the-clock prayer vigil.




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Energy lawyer argues that protesters' snarling faces constitute assault (and no, this isn't The Onion)

A lawyer for energy giant Kinder Morgan recently argued that seeing the faces of unhappy pipeline protesters could constitute a form of assault.




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This organic farm in North Carolina could be yours for $300 and 200 words

Owner of Bluebird Hill Farm launches essay contest to give the $450,000 property away.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Japanese homeowners to add climbing plants in place of window units this summer

As Japan faces energy restrictions after a particularly trying month of March, normally AC-happy citizens are faced with a daunting prospect: Getting through th




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Fog surrounds a frozen volcano in this ethereal photograph

Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is silent and still as fog creeps towards Mount Dutton.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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This scuba-diving lizard breathes by blowing an air bubble over its head

Researcher Lindsey Swierk discovered that when water anoles flee underwater to escape predators, they stay underwater for a long time.




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Old toothbrushes help to keep this rubbish-built abode stay nice and toasty

Work is completed on Brighton Waste House, proving 'there is no such thing as waste, just stuff in the wrong place.'



  • Remodeling & Design

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Enjoy a healthier night's sleep in this totally transparent house

Just try not to think about who — or what — might be watching as you settle in for the night.




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Vacation like a monk in this pared-down Welsh holiday house

John Pawson's Life House beckons frazzled renters with a 'zone of extreme calm.'



  • Remodeling & Design

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Spices don't start out looking like this

The spices in your kitchen don't look the same way in the wild. They start as roots, bark, berries, flowers and seeds. This is what they look like.




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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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Dive deep into the past in this prehistoric underground spring

Devil’s Den Spring in Florida is a premier diving spot hidden inside a sunken cavern.




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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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Cooking with oranges: 15 recipes starring this healthy fruit

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




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10 recipes for beets that celebrate this colorful superfood

These 10 recipes put the sweet, nutritious vegetable at center stage in beautiful and sophisticated ways.




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The mighty avocado: 10 recipes featuring this miracle fruit

This incredible fruit boasts a wealth of nutritional benefits. If you've been avoiding them because of the cost, we'll show you why you shouldn't.




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10 recipes for lentils that move this superfood from drab to delightful

Not only are lentils a powerhouse of nutrition, but they have nearly limitless possibility for delicious dishes from burgers to salads.




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9 recipes for blueberries that put this superfood at center stage

We all know blueberries are healthy. But you may be surprised at just how healthy they actually are!




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Oats: 12 recipes to get this super grain into your diet

Oats are an essential part of a healthy diet. We go way beyond ordinary oatmeal with these outstanding recipes for breakfasts, snacks and even burgers!




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9 recipes for walnuts to add this super-nut into your diet

Walnuts offer so many health benefits, you'll want to add them to every meal. And we can help you with that!




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This seaweed tastes like bacon

When fried, a new strain of seaweed has a strong bacon flavor and a ton of nutrition.




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Is this seaweed the magical bacon unicorn of vegetables?

Dulse, a succulent red marine alga, is highly nutritious, fast-growing — and supposedly tastes like bacon when fried. The Internet weighs in...




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This weird-looking mushroom should be on your menu

Don't let the "spines" of the hedgehog mushroom deter you from its deliciousness.




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Fizzy yoga: What is this new exercise trend, and would you try it?

Actress Kim Cattrall claims this new yoga hybrid practice saved her life.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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This yoga teacher gained 40 pounds on purpose

Trina Hall purposefully put on weight to see exactly how it affected her self-perception — and the results surprised her.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Can yoga keep you healthier this winter?

Try this routine to help your body fight off the coughs and colds going around this season.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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This Chihuahua has perfected the downward dog

Watch as this dog is guided through a series of yoga moves by his owner, Nic Bello.




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The stats that mattered this wild, woolly March

From the harshest heat on record to record investments in offshore wind, this has been some kind of March. Here are some key figures from a record-breaking mont




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This gorgeous cricket chorus sounds like humans singing a haunting song

Insect song, when slowed down dramatically, sounds otherworldly, but also human.




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This scientist says Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' is the happiest song ever

Can something as subjective as happiness be measured by a formula?



  • Arts & Culture

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This lonely dog 'plays' the blues when its humans leave

Left all alone, this dog 'plays' the piano and 'sings' the blues.




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This is your brain on jazz

A new study has shown a difference in the brain structures of musicians who specialize in different genres of music.



  • Arts & Culture

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Christmas comes early with this a cappella version of 'Little Drummer Boy'

You're not officially supposed to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but Pentatonix's a cappella cover is worth breaking the rules for.



  • Arts & Culture

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How a stray cat and music changed this man's outlook on life

A stray cat helped Sarper Duman recover from depression, and now he helps other strays and plays piano for them.




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4 things I learned at this week's fracking hearings

A congressional hearing on the safety of hyrdo-fracking revealed a few rifts on Capitol HIll.




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This low-cost Vietnamese abode is a half-prefab, half-DIY affair

From Vo Tong Nghia Architects comes a finish-it-yourself dwelling that can be delivered throughout the Mekong Delta via long-tail boat.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Why you should teach your kids to cook this holiday season

With all that holiday food prep coming up, now may be the perfect time to teach the little ones some kitchen skills.




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What to drink this weekend: Tariquet Rosé de Pressée

Start planning your Thanksgiving wine selections by trying this sustainable rosé this weekend.




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What to drink this weekend: Tawny Port

Warre’s Otima Tawny 10 Year Port will warm you up on a chilly evening.




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What to drink this weekend: Cranberry mocktail, 2 ways

Give your kids another non-alcoholic cocktail option besides a Shirley Temple this holiday season.