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Hotel lets travelers rest their weary, discerning heads in rehabbed Airstreams

Eco-architect-turned-full-time vintage aluminum trailer renovator Matthew Hofmann reveals an Airstream hotel in beautiful downtown Santa Barbara.



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Rise, fall and rebirth: The mission to save Atlanta's largest building

Photographer Blake Burton chronicles the extensive work of restoring a historic Sears, Roebuck & Co. building.




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Congress saves the potato's reputation

The National Potato Council lobbied Congress to include potatoes in the WIC nutritional program, claiming its exclusion sent the wrong message to consumers.




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8 signs you may have a magnesium deficiency

You can get this mineral from many foods, but are you getting what you need? Here are some magnesium deficiency symptoms.



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Good vibrations: Treating brain disease with ultrasound waves

Columbia researcher examines how ultrasound could become part of a comprehensive treatment for various degenerative brain diseases.



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What does your virtual self have to do with the real world?

Your avatar may be just a virtual identity, but it can also affect how you are in the real world.



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Silver saver: Art conservators hope to shine and protect silver treasures

Anyone who's ever polished silver knows that keeping the tarnish at bay is never ending work. But, you may not know that polishing also rubs away some of the pr




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All dogs go to heaven (the pope says so!)

The head of the Catholic Church recently said 'Paradise is open to all of God’s creatures.'




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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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How one small town became the 'Lavender Capital of North America'

In just 20 years, the city of Sequim, Washington transformed from a declining arid farmland into a fragrant prairie of purple blooms.



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How a nuclear bomb could save Earth from an asteroid

A well-placed nuclear explosion could actually save humanity from a big asteroid hurtling toward Earth, just like in the movies, a new study suggests.




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Ed Koch, dead at 88, leaves unique environmental legacy

The three-term New York mayor was famous for his outspoken persona and economic rekindling, but he also had a little-known green streak.




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Chernobyl trees and leaves barely decomposed, study finds

The dead trees, plants and leaves at Chernobyl don't decay at nearly the same rate as plants elsewhere.



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Explorers discover massive cave system under Montreal

With smooth limestone walls and passages lined with stalagmites and stalactites, explorers uncover hidden caves underneath Montreal.



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Icelandic ice cave looks like glowing amber thanks to setting sun

Fortuitous timing gives photographer Sarah Bethea a stunning view of an ice cave in Iceland, the 'Land of Fire and Ice.'



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Meet Tom Gage, the man who could have founded Tesla (but had other ideas)

Tom Gage was one of the creators of the high-performance electric TZero, the car that inspired the Tesla Roadster. But he didn't want to be a carmaker. Instead,




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English town enlists beavers to prevent floods

In flood-prone Gloucestershire, England, dam-building semiaquatic Eurasian beavers make good neighbors.




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Feeling chilly? We have a hot toddy for that

Jan. 11 is Hot Toddy Day, and we've got 5 recipes to take the chill off this winter.




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SkyLodge Suites let travelers dangle from a mountain in utmost luxury

For when the Sheraton just isn't terrifying enough ...




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Strange 'snowball waves' seen forming in Maine lake

Waves of snowballs called "one of the most awesome natural events ever seen" by a firsthand witness.



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You're betting on moisturizer with sunscreen to save your skin. You shouldn't.

Study finds that moisturizer with sunscreen isn't as effective as straight sunscreen.



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Rediscover and save endangered foods

The Ark of Taste is striving to get foods off an endangered species list.



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Why the foods we love are disappearing (and how we can save them)

A book by Simran Sethi called "Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of the Foods We Love" documents the loss and looks for solutions.




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Why you need to shave your avocados

The latest Pinterest-worthy food trend further solidifies the avocado as one of the world's most versatile and beloved fruits.




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Do you have to be skinny to do yoga?

It's time to look beyond the images in magazines to see what yoga has to offer.



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What is Dudeism? And what does it have to do with Buddhism?

The Day of the Dude is now celebrated worldwide.



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'Wanderlust' in Vermont: Travelers relish fresh air and beautiful views

Vermont's Mount Stratton hosted a festival dedicated to yoga, meditation and overall mindfulness.



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Why we should have little altars everywhere

A simple arrangement of meaningful things can help us find inspiration in our daily lives.



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7 yoga teachers who have changed the practice

These instructors are inspirational, and they've changed the world in their own particular ways.



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If you want to be a better person, you're going to have to do more than meditate

Researchers reviewed more than 20 studies that investigated the effect that several types of meditation had on positive feelings.



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Rare encounter with piglet squid leaves deep sea explorers at a loss for scientific words

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.




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Humpback whales share songs on their travels

New research from a team of U.K. scientists reveals that humpback whales share songs during their migratory travels in the South Pacific.




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Wind turbines and bridges: A match made in clean energy heaven?

Multitasking infrastructure on the Canary Islands could power as many as 500 homes.



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How a computer algorithm gave Hamburg's new concert hall its incredible sound

The Elbphilharmonie features over 1 million computer-generated divots to shape sound within its main auditorium.



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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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New Zealand surfer survives tsunami by riding giant wave

A student and his fellow surfers used their skills to ride the giant waves to safety after a deadly tsunami struck Samoa.




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Ancient 'Wave of Poseidon' was real tsunami

When the ocean rose up and saved a Greek town from a marauding Persian army nearly 1,500 years ago, renowned Greek historian Herodotus chalked it up to an act o



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How wave shapes can explain why tsunamis are so devastating

X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that are often seen at beaches may help explain why tsunamis can be so devastating, researchers say.



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In Arlington, a free historic home with one not-so-small caveat

A pair of preservation-minded architects are giving away a historic 1926 bungalow sold as a mail order kit home by Sears with one big catch ...



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Humans may have settled in Australia 80,000 years ago, way earlier than previously thought

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.



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We have way more Neanderthal genes than scientists previously thought

Neanderthals might be extinct, but their genes still live on inside of us.



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Does ancient cave art provide the clues to early human language?

A paper hypothesizes that some of our language skills evolved out of specific cave art features.



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There might once have been life on ... the moon? Yes, say researchers

Pools of water on Earth's moon might have teemed with simple organisms.




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Scientists unearth 15,000-year-old tools that may have belonged to the first Americans

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.



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Scientists have pinpointed the exact city and year that HIV first spread

HIV might never have become a global pandemic if it wasn't for the ecology of what is now known as Kinshasa, and what was then a 1920s colonial hub.



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Primates might have first evolved in ... North America?

A startling find in Wyoming radically changes our theories about the distant origins of our taxonomic order.




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Saturn's famous rings may not have existed when dinosaurs first evolved

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.




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Eerie ancient spider fossils still have spooky glowing eyes

Researchers have unearthed fossils of an extinct spider family that contain reflective material in the eyes that gave them superior night vision.




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Carbon dioxide levels are reaching heights we haven't seen in 800,000 years

The latest World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin paints a grim picture for our environment.



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If you really want to reduce your carbon footprint, have fewer kids and ditch your car

A 2017 study published in Environmental Research Letters offers a number of ways to reduce your carbon emissions, and having fewer kids topped the list.