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What's your opposite job? This tool will tell you

If you're thinking about a career move, a fun new tool from the New York Times can offer some interesting ideas and suggestions.




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This robot may be flipping your burgers soon

Miso Robotic's Flippy supposedly frees up fast food workers from 'high pain points' on the job. Could it free them of the job entirely, though?




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This dream job in Sweden will pay you to do whatever you want

You just need to do your new dream job in Sweden's newest train station.



  • Arts & Culture

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This 10-year-old is speaking up for America's national parks

Robbie Bond wants to inspire kids and their families to protect our national lands.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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This Valentine’s Day think both romantic and sustainable

The Rainforest Alliance offers five suggestions for making Valentine’s Day traditions more earth-friendly.




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This designer doesn't make furniture, he grows it

On a farm in England, Gavin Munro trains trees into beautiful and functional shapes.



  • Remodeling & Design

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This parasitic vine helps plants communicate

Dodder vines can tap into multiple hosts, causing damage but also providing botanical wires that let host plants share valuable info.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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This rescued bat can't stuff quite enough banana into those ridiculous cheeks

Before she flew back into the wild, Miss Alicia the bat met a fruit and fell in love.




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This tiny fungus looks just like a bird's nest

About the size of a pinky nail, the nest cups are filled with 'eggs.'



  • Wilderness & Resources

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This 'king' once ruled the green, lush forests of Antarctica

Newly discovered remains of the Antarctic king, Antarctanax shackletoni, paint a lush picture of the Antarctica of 250 million years ago.




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Why this hive of honeybees is doing 'the wave'

Hives of honeybees do 'the wave' by shaking their booties. The wave pattern, called "shimmering,", requires impressive coordination.




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This self-cloning tick is invading several states

The longhorned tick, native to Asia, is first new invasive tick to be found in U.S. in 50 years.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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This is how flies land upside-down

A new study and videos show how flies are able to land upside-down on any surface by making lightning-fast adjustments.




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Earth Day-themed entertainment bonanza will keep you busy this month

Celebrate the planet with these TV shows, movies and even a radio program.



  • Arts & Culture

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Get out in nature and take a #NatureSelfie this Earth Day

If nothing else, taking a picture of yourself in nature for Earth Day will get you outside.




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This film takes you down Alaska's Inside Passage in a wooden canoe

In "The Passage," a family recounts past adventures and explores the meaning of kinship on a grand Alaskan journey.



  • Arts & Culture

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Meet the bilby! 5 fast facts about this adorable Australian animal

The Australian bilby is becoming more popular, and they may just take over as the country's animal representative for Easter.




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Cat's tongue mushroom: Look for this tiny translucent treat on the forest floor

This little mushroom is a pleasant surprise to anyone enjoying a walk in the woods.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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It takes this dragonfly 3 generations to complete its annual, 1,000-mile migration

Covering thousands of miles on three-inch wings, the common green darner dragonfly completes a multi-generation journey every year.




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For this beautiful bird, life is better with zygodactyl feet

If a bird has zygodactyl feet, that means two toes point forward and two point back. This makes life easier for woodpeckers, owls, parrots and ospreys.




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This is why they call Ireland the 'Emerald Isle'

The Irish countryside is a patchwork quilt of green, as this photo of Roughgrange, a farm located next to the prehistoric Newgrange monument shows.




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This invasive 20-pound rodent could devastate California's agriculture industry

Non-native nutria have made their way to the Golden State, and Californians are rushing to find a solution to this ROUS-sized problem.




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This plant may have made Vikings go berserk before battle

Researchers may have finally figured out what kind of drugs Vikings were on as they headed into battle in a blood-thirsty state known as berserkergan.



  • Research & Innovations

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Never shucked an oyster? Read this

To shuck an oyster, you need the right tools, a little patience and a lot of muscle. But a few sips of Chablis won't hurt either.




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This bat-friendly town turned the night red

Nieuwkoop, a sustainable community in the Netherlands, made the night skies safer for bats by using LED lights with a red glow.




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How to watch this year's Taurid meteor shower

Annual celestial event often produces large bright fireballs that scorch the night sky.




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This 'Secret Garden' is made entirely from denim

Artist Ian Berry's creation is made from the most familiar of materials.



  • Arts & Culture

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This holiday light display brought to you by an electric eel named Miguel Wattson

An eel named Miguel Wattson is behind the holiday display at the Tennessee Aquarium.




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4 food books I want to read this summer

Wine and food lovers can travel vicariously through these 4 books that are more memoirs or essays with food as the focus.




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Where do the animals go? This map-filled book lets them answer the question

Animal tracking is time-consuming and difficult, but a new book "Where the Animals Go" by Cheshire and Umbert shows how technology is helping.




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This book is for the dogs (and the humans who love them)

For dog-lit author Flora Kennedy, dogs can be the harshest — and sweetest — critics.




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At this library, it's humans on loan, not books

By 'borrowing' someone from the Human Library, you get to learn their story — and share their humanity.



  • Arts & Culture

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Don't let Sardinia's glamor hide this island's natural beauty

Sardinia's true magic, especially from a nature-lover’s perspective, is its interior and its less-accessible sections of coastline.




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Method's sea trash-based soap bottle to debut this fall

At long last, Method is set to release the world's first soap container — or any sort of container, for that matter — made partially from plastic trash reco




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Dogs share the spotlight with dancers for this stunning photo project

Photographers Kelly Pratt and Ian Kreidich capture ballet dancers and dogs in playful moments together.




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Instead of throwing away food, this Indiana school is sending it home with students

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




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This isn't your father's rental furniture

Millennials are intrigued by furniture rental companies because it's less trouble and good for the planet.




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Having this mentality about time is probably stressing you out

In today's busy world of unending errands and tasks, the feeling of time scarcity affects us all.




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This restaurant takes its Nicest Place in America honor seriously

Yassin's Falafel House, a refugee-owned business in Tennessee, keeps that honor top of mind by always giving back to the community.




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Will this pandemic teach us to be frugal?

We're eating leftovers, shopping less, and saving more because of the pandemic.




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Get ready to Can-It-Forward this weekend

Aug. 1 will be a day of live online canning demonstrations. We have a sneak preview of a recipe from Food in Jars' Marisa McLellan.




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Change this one thing to help kids eat healthier

By flipping recess and lunch, students eat 50 percent more produce.




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This obscure fruit might soon be as common as tomatoes

CRISPR gene editing is allowing scientists to make wild fruits like the ground cherry more agriculturally viable.



  • Research & Innovations

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Is this America's first electric school bus?

The all-electric bus costs about $175,000 but is expected to help school districts save $11,000 per year in fuel costs.




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Why does food safety testing matter? Consider this pizza

Testing for food safety brings to light many frightening food infractions; even an innocent-seeming pizza can be suspect.



  • Protection & Safety

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Foodies want a seat at this 16-year-old's counter

Flynn McCarry opens Eureka in NYC where his tasting menu will cost $160 and reservations are sold out.




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Get this lady some vegan schmear, stat!

Actress Lisa Edelstein urges Einstein Bros. Bagels to add vegan cream cheese to its menu, because so everyone can 'enjoy a good schmear.'




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If you can't live without macaroni and cheese, don't read this

A new study finds surging levels of harmful phthalates in instant macaroni and cheese.




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The reason you pop popcorn 'This Side Up'

Microwave popcorn may be convenient, but there are some hidden health dangers inside the bag.




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This black hole nurtures baby stars instead of eating them

There's a supermassive black hole behind the 'baby boom' in the Phoenix galaxy cluster.