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Cooking with beer for a Father's Day meal

Use beer to steam mussels and other ideas to try when you're making a meal for dad.




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Top 10 worst Father's Day gifts for the environment

Don't waste money on an old-fashioned tie. And don't waste money on these gifts either.




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5 crafts for Father's Day

5 quick and easy crafts to celebrate your favorite Dad this Father's Day.




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Seasonal recipes: 5 for Father's Day breakfast

Kids will love to help make these five recipes that veer away from traditional pancakes or fried eggs. Dads will love them because their kids made them.




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Father's Day craft ideas for kids

How do you say thank you to the "World's Best Dad?" Here are five simple, easy and fun ideas.




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6 sweet, last-minute DIY gifts for Father's Day

Need a gift for dad in a hurry? Here are six great Father's Day gifts you can whip up this weekend.




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A new food made from carbon dioxide could be a game changer for our planet — and beyond

Solar Foods is set to unveil a fully sustainable, carbon-neutral food that can be produced anywhere.



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Advancing our planet: Ford's roadmap for sustainability

They were the first to bring us the modern automobile as we know it, so it only makes sense that Ford Motor Company is now ushering in the future of mobility.



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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.



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October was a great month for Chevy Volt sales

General Motors sold more than 1,100 Chevy Volts in October.




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Ford Motor Company sets water reduction goal

Ford Motor Company plans to use 30% less water per vehicle by 2015.




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Detroit Auto Show: A first look at the new Ford Fusion

Ford announces that its new, faster-charging plug-in hybrid Ford Fusion will get 100+ MPGe. Oh, and it's cute, too.




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Ford C-MAX Energi delivers best in class driving range

Ford's upcoming plug-in hybrid can deliver 550 miles of driving pleasure on a single tank of gas.




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Battle of the brands: Ford takes on Toyota in new hybrid ads

The Detroit automaker gets a touch of campaign fever with new marketing aimed to take down the competition.




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Driving Ford's snazzy new C-Max Hybrid

A bit of a chameleon, this new $25,995 car offers good looks, stellar utility and 47 mpg in the city or on the highway. If you try it, you'll like it.




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Toyota Prius: Best-selling car in California

The California New Car Dealers Association reports that the Toyota Prius was the best-selling car in California in 2012.




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Driving the Ford C-MAX Energi

The Ford C-MAX Energi might be the perfect around-the-town car for this family.




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For Europe's new plug-in hybrids, price matters (a lot)

Audi and Volvo will roll out luxury electric cars in the U.S. market early next year.




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6 sentimental DIY gifts for Mom

Make your Mom a gift she will treasure forever with one of these handmade Mother's Day craft ideas.




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Quilting as an art form, therapy and social glue

Quilts can keep you warm in more ways than one, says Bonnie Browning of the American Quilter's Society. Here's how to store and clean them properly.



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11 everyday uses for castile soap

Castile soap can be used to clean a variety of things, including you, your dog and your vegetables.




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5 easy, festive napkin folds for the holidays

Even an amateur can pull off these impressive, cheerful napkin folds with paper or cloth napkins.




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Why crafting is good for mental health

Studies show that complex and creative activities like knitting, cake decorating or crossword puzzles can create a non-medicinal, feel-good high.



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7 Easter egg dyeing tips for non-DIYers

Anyone can create beautiful patterns on Easter eggs with these simple tricks.




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5 uses for rhubarb leaves

You can't eat rhubarb leaves because they're high in oxalic acid, but they're still useful. Here's what to do with them.




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Is fasting good for you?

Taking a short-term food break may have some pretty amazing health benefits.



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Why we can't run from 'forever chemicals'

Toxic compounds called PFAS have been linked to cancer and immune problems, and they may also make it tougher to keep off weight.



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Plans for orbiting lunar outpost take shape

The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will facilitate exploration missions of the moon and serve as a gateway for deep space missions to Mars.




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Artists play in the sand -- for sport

See sculptors from around the world turn piles of sand into beautiful (but temporary) art at the World Championship of Sand Sculpting.



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Tips for extreme pumpkin carving

Mike Wendland shares a website's tips for extreme jack-o-lantern carving.




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Autumn de Forest: 8-year-old girl dazzles art world

Video: Move over, Georgia O'Keeffe! Masterpieces by Autumn de Forest have fetched nearly $250,000. She tells Matt Lauer, 'I love to paint' and 'I do it every da



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Autumn de Forest, 8-year-old art prodigy

Eight year old artistic genius has been compared to masters such as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.




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MNN week in review: Foraged cocktails, Bear Grylls' eating habits and more

A compilation of the best original stories from Mother Nature Network for the week, including Bear Grylls' eating habits, a webcam of Mount Everest and much mor




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Who is really responsible for plastic waste?

Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project.



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Salvage-happy builder jailed after failing to pay for demolition of own work

A folk hero/renegade builder is sentenced to 539 days in jail after failing to pay for the demolition of hi folk private residence/art installation.



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Electric Forest: Where music brings nature, people together

The days' dappled sunlight complemented the nights' glowing trees at this music festival near Lake Michigan.



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Sunset in Costa Rica can make for a candy-coated sky

It's amazing what light can do when seen from the right angle. Check out this beautiful sunset sky from the mountains of Costa Rica.



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Bittersweet, guitar-shaped forest is visible from space

In memory of his late wife, a farmer has spent 35 years planting and nurturing a guitar-shaped forest in Argentina.



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9 nests that aren't for the birds

These human nests are biomimicry at its best, built the way birds do with cozy comfort in mind.



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5 artist residency programs for people who love nature and science

These programs are designed for writers, visual artists and even musicians to take time off for inspiration.



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How one man's mission to save an island created an inspiring retreat for artists

Rabbit Island residency programs encourage artists to incorporate conservation, ecology and sustainability into their work.



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5 predictions for the green car market

Electric vehicles, hybrids and plug-ins will be on the market by the end of the year. Here's a look into the crystal ball.




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CERN takes a break from the search for Higgs Boson particle

One of the world's most elusive particles will stay hidden a while longer, it seems. Scientists at the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator



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Higgs boson ready for prime time

Scientists have unveiled new evidence suggesting the 'God particle' really exists, a revelation that could change how we think about the universe.



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13 wild milestones for women in the Olympics

From confounding dress codes to exclusion from many events, the road to gold for women has had plenty of quirky twists.



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Which diet is right for you? 14 plans explained

Weight Watchers? Paleo? Whole30? DASH diet? Every diet offers something different, here's your guide to figuring it all out.



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What is Foreign Accent Syndrome?

There have been about 100 known cases of the rare condition since it was first reported in the 1940s.



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Want to lower your risk for cardiovascular disease? Try a vegetarian diet

Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health.



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Beating back the lionfish with knife and fork

If you can't beat them, eat them — that's what Jamaica and Florida are doing with lionfish, and there’s been a big drop in sightings of this invasive species.




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Book sheds new light on the hermit who shunned humanity for 27 years

In Stranger in the Woods, author Mike Finkel explores the famous Maine recluse Christopher Knight and why he stayed alone for 27 years.



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