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Where's that kitchen of the future we were promised?

In your phone. Or down the street at the supermarket.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Watch: The Preachy Green series

Do you have officemates who preach about living the greener life? They're annoying, but they're also right. The SOAP Group explores this theme in a hilarious se




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Why millionaire pitcher Daniel Norris lives in a van

The 21-year-old, who received a $2M signing bonus from the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011, says he enjoys living the simple life.



  • Arts & Culture

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Solar and veterans: A match made in heaven?

The rapidly growing solar industry needs a lot of highly skilled employees. And it thinks it knows where to find them.




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Maternity leave catch-22: Women are either bad workers or bad moms

Working mothers can't win. New research finds society judges us negatively whether we take maternity leave or not.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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California tile company is turning boxy TVs into kitchen backsplashes

The scavenge-happy folks at Fireclay Tile launch a Kickstarter campaign to help transform old CRT TVs and computer monitors into stunning glass tiles.




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Where to find beautiful, functional, affordable fair trade kitchen items

My Fair Trade Lady, a small shop in South Jersey, showcases fair trade items for the kitchen and beyond.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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What's the difference between cellulose sponges and those other kitchen sponges?

By choosing wisely with kitchen sponges you can keep plastic out of the landfill.




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8 of the best 'Super Bowl 50' commercials you can watch right now

From avocados and Scott Baio to David Bowie's 'Starman,' the big game has it all.



  • Arts & Culture

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Top 10 'Gilmore Girls' revival binge-watching snacks

Fill up on food that tastes like 'freedom and rebellion and independence' in honor of Lorelai, Rory and all your favorite Stars Hollow residents.




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Dutch town tapping coal mine heat

The Minewater system pulls geothermal heat from flooded abandoned coal mines.




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How Dutch bus stops are helping bees

Bus stops in the Dutch city of Utrecht now have gardens specifically to help the bee population.




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Watch a caterpillar become a butterfly

Beautiful video from National Geographic shows how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.




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Watch these spiders emerge from an egg sac

Australian Reptile Park shares a creepy video of funnel web spiders emerging from an egg sac, just in time for Halloween.




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Watch: 'Wanderers on a Prehistoric Earth'

Kick off Earth Week with this dramatic three-minute film, which dives into the 'Heart of Darkness' to highlight the humbling majesty of our planet.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Glenn Beck advertiser pitching survival gardens

The newest advertiser on the Glenn Beck program is using fear of an economic and societal collapse to sell heirlooms seeds.




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7 electric cars to watch in 2012

2012 may prove to be the year of the electric car. Some of the world’s biggest automakers will be bringing new electric vehicles to market in 2012. They are n




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BRIGHTER LIVING: Green your kitchen

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Vegetables aren't the only thing green in the kitchen.



  • Remodeling & Design

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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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Motley mess of scarecrows invade historic Westchester estate

Sure, they do a better job at posing for photos than discouraging birds, but this army of eclectic scarecrows installed at one of the Hudson's grandest historic




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In 'Drawdown,' Paul Hawken ditches the rhetoric to offer 100 practical climate solutions

Paul Hawken's latest book, 'Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming,' focuses on fixes rather than fighting.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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One of Stephen Hawking's last broadcasts was a hilarious 'Hitchhikers' cameo

The late renowned physicist Stephen Hawking joined BBC Radio 4's 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' as the voice of an intelligent and powerful being.



  • Arts & Culture

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Experimental project to clean Pacific Ocean garbage patch

I've been covering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for the past year or so and just wrote about it here on MNN last week.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Scripps sails out to the Great Pacific Ocean Patch

Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography traveled out to a spot of sea 1,000 miles from shore and were sad to find plastic everywhere.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Watch: 24 hours of Walmart

This time-lapse video explores a full day at the checkout lanes of a Walmart store in New Brunswick, New Jersey.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Take a cruise to the North Pacific garbage patch

For a mere $10,000, you can book a seat on a 20-day working cruise to a giant patch of floating plastic trash.




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Hawaii-sized recycled island to be built from ocean garbage patch

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Fish ingesting plastic from Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A new study by two graduate students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego found that a little over nine percent of the fish that swim ne




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Tsunami debris adds to Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The trash accumulating in the Pacific Ocean — scientists estimate there are 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris alone — is arriving on the West Coast.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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A 'great garbage patch' grows in the Great Lakes

New research finds that the Great Lakes are becoming polluted with the same plastic particles responsible for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Secret world of ocean garbage patch microbes revealed

There's a secret world of microbes hidden on the plastic littering the oceans.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Want to see an ocean garbage patch in person?

The winner of a new video contest can join a 3-week 'hardcore sailing adventure' through North Atlantic garbage patches.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Tiny monsters haunt the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A single-celled, coral-killing creature with 'devil horns' has been found on microplastics in the open ocean.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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How we made the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Angela Sun investigated several aspects of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in her documentary "Plastic Paradise."



  • Arts & Culture

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New ocean garbage patch discovered

A 4th garbage collection zone, this one in the South Pacific, emerges.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Desire paths: The unsanctioned shortcuts crisscrossing public spaces

Spontaneous by nature, desire paths are the most optimal way to get from point A to B as decided by pedestrians, not planners.




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At Bon Jovi's Soul Kitchen, you can pay it forward or pay with your time

Donations and dishwashing help fund meals at the rocker's New Jersey restaurants.




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Why autumn is skywatchers' favorite season

Look up into the sky this week to see why autumn is the favorite season for many skywatchers.




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Flying telescope catches glimpse of alien planet

Astronomers have used instruments on board SOFIA, the world's largest airborne observatory, to examine a planet beyond solar system.




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Stunned astronomers watch birth of alien planets

For the first time ever, astronomers have directly observed planets in the process of being born.




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Paleolithic campsites depicted in cave etchings

The world's oldest depiction of a campsite may have been unearthed outside a cave in Spain.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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19th-century space images found in tea-kitchen

The glass plates depict solar and lunar eclipses, comets, and even views of binary stars.




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11 space missions to watch in 2016

From measuring our oceans to studying Jupiter, we'll learn more about space in 2016.




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How to watch the Delta Aquarids and summer’s other minor meteors

Why not take this opportunity to view six other meteor showers this summer?




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Petco removes treats linked to pet deaths from shelves

The FDA hasn't confirmed Chinese-made treats are dangerous, but there are concerns the jerky treats have sickened or killed thousands of U.S. pets.




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Amy's Kitchen recalls products for possible listeria

The natural and organic food company recalled products with spinach after one of its suppliers found it may be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes.




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FDA suggests allowing blood donations by gay men — but of course there's a catch

Advocacy groups call the new recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory.




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Watch as second-graders handle fine dining beautifully

When these 7-year-olds are treated to a $220 tasting menu, their reactions are priceless (and insightful.)




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7 food trends to watch in 2019

Nootropic foods, foil pack dinners, wine water, ugly produce and more food and dining trends coming to your plate in 2019.




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Antarctic fruitcake is more than 100 years old

Despite being ancient, a fruitcake found in the Antarctic from a 1911 expedition looks as fresh and unappetizing as the day it was made.



  • Wilderness & Resources