Soil How to Plant Mother-in-Law's Tonguehunker.com - By Marissa Baker Mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata), also called snake plant, is one of those houseplants considered hard to kill. It was once grown …
Saskatchewan Fast moving grass fire poses risk to 3 Saskatchewan communitiesglobalnews.ca - By David Giles Battlefords RCMP are asking people to stay away from a fast-moving grass fire posing a risk to three Saskatchewan communities. The fire is north of …
Amazon Kohl's Will Soon Start Taking Amazon Returns in All of Its Storesoprahmag.com - Celia Fernandez Let the countdown to July begin. Starting in July, Kohl's will be accepting Amazon returns in all of its stores. • The option is already available in 100 …
Steak The Surprising Reason You Don’t Want to Have Steak with Grill Marksrd.com - Lindsay D. Mattison For years, cross-hatch grill marks have long been considered a signal of a perfect steak...until now. My first day in the kitchen at a steakhouse, my …
Cast Iron Skillet How to Clean a Cast-Iron SkilletEpicurious - Emily Johnson Rule number one in cast-iron skillet care is that you shouldn't let your pan soak for hours in soapy water. Great! But how exactly do you clean a …
Innovation The Godfather of the Modern Mindfulness Industry Was an 8 Year Old BirderInverse - By Maddy Foley A cornerstone of the mindfulness movement can be traced back to a White-Rumped Shama. Filed Under History, Music & Spotify For hundreds of thousands of …
Hiking 5 Compelling Reasons to Add Hiking to Your Fitness Routinewhowhatwear.com - by Stephanie Limiti I used to hate working out. I would trudge away on the elliptical watching the minutes slowly decrease until I hit a specific number of calories …
Birds If You Can Identify Any of These Birds, You're Ready for Climate Watchaudubon.org In 2016, Audubon's climate scientists piloted a new research project to see how climate change is affecting birds. Climate Watch, as it's known, …
Writing What's Stopping You? Overcoming Writer's Block And ProcrastinationForbes - Laura BrownNearly everyone has struggled with writer’s block and procrastination at some point. I’ve been studying the phenomenon formally and informally for many years. In the early 1990s, I conducted a survey my
U.S. National Parks Love It or Hate It, Sequoia National Park Is Getting Its First Cell TowerAFAR Media - Maggie Fuller A new cell tower disguised as a pine tree will soon join the skyline at Sequoia National Park. Earlier this month, officials at Sequoia National Park …
Culture History's Forgotten Pioneer: The First Native American DoctorOZY - Carly Stern As the sun slipped past the horizon, the young girl watched with growing anxiety as an elderly woman struggled to breathe. It was 1873, and they …
Landscape Photography Elevating Landscape Photography - The Plus PaperThe Plus Paper Reuben Wu Transforms your Wilderness with Light Carrying Drones in Space Reuben Wu’s art just keeps evolving. When we first featured him in 2015, he …
Smallpox Smallpox: The World's First Eradicated DiseaseLive Science - Alina Bradford Smallpox is a debilitating and occasionally fatal disease that's highly contagious. Prior to 1980, the disease killed 3 out of every 10 people who …
Mount Everest What's Being Done About Trash (and Bodies) on EverestOutside Magazine - Alan ArnetteAll is well on both sides of Mount Everest after three full weeks of the 2019 season. As predicted, there are a record number of climbers this year: Nepal has issued 374 climbing permits to foreigners
Cleaning 15 Best-Reviewed Cleaning Products on Amazonrd.com - Alexa Erickson View as slideshow Cleaning & Organizing Scrub, spray, and wipe your way to a cleaner home with these top-rated cleaning products. 50 Microfiber Cleaning …
Cats 8 Best Cat Breeds For First-Time OwnersBustle - Jessica Booth Getting your first cat is an exciting experience, but it can also be an overwhelming one. As cute and cuddly as a new cat is, they are also a lot of …
Mushrooms Food Scientists Discover 4 Hidden Benefits of Mushrooms for Your HealthInverse - By Robert Beelman, The Conversation They're packed with more than just flavor. Filed Under Diseases, Health, Medicine & Mushrooms Mushrooms are often considered only for their culinary …
Environment Grass isn't always greener—here's what to plant insteadPopular Science - By Eleanor Cummins and Kaitlin SullivanLawn gone. White picket fences went out of style long ago, but for some reason the American lawn just won’t die. That’s unfortunate: Lawnmowers account for 5 percent of our air pollution. Lawn owners 10
Science 16 signs we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinctionBusiness Insider - Aylin WoodwardThe phrase "mass extinction" typically conjures images of the asteroid crash that led to the twilight of the dinosaurs. Upon impact, that 6-mile-wide space rock caused a tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean,
Lyon 14 Facts About Time And History That'll Totally Blow Your MindBuzzFeed - Andy Golder Cleopatra was born closer to the premiere of Friends than to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
The Arctic A warming Arctic could cost the world trillions of dollarsNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyEnvironment New science warns that melting ice and permafrost could set off feedback loops that make climate change worse. 3 Minute Read By Stephen Leahy Scientists have long warned that climate change
University of Maine Bill to ban Native American mascots in Maine passes HouseAssociated PressAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill to prevent Maine public schools from using mascots and logos depicting Native Americans has passed the House. The Democratic-controlled House voted 88-49 largely along party
Backpacking The 10 Best Sleeping Pads for Backpacking of 2019backpackers.com - Daniel Zweier The backcountry is a lot less fun to explore when you can’t get a comfortable night’s sleep. It’s a dilemma backpackers have faced for years and is …
Manatees Mermaid or Manatee?si.edu Group of South American Manatees Centuries ago manatees were mistaken for mermaids, the half-woman/half-fish creature of myth and legend. The …
Meat Loaf Get Your Dog a BandanaOutside Magazine - Wes SilerMy friend Stuart Palley is adopting his first dog, a three-legged Australian cattle dog named Meatloaf. He asked for advice on how to prepare for the newest member of his family, and I figured I should
Greenland Greenland's Ice Sheet Was Growing. Now It's in a Terrifying DeclineLive Science - Rafi Letzter Greenland's ice sheet is melting six times faster than it was in the 1980s. And all that meltwater is directly raising sea levels. That's all …
University of Pittsburgh The 25 Best Places To Retire In 2019Forbes - William P. BarrettEven for the we’ll-do-it-our-way Baby Boom generation, retirement usually involves two big life changes: less income and more freedom (to live where you want and do what you please). That’s why so many
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia executes 37 people, crucifying one, for terror-related crimesCNN - By Tamara Qiblawi and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN(CNN) — Saudi Arabia has executed 37 men convicted of terror-related crimes, the kingdom's official news agency said Tuesday. One of the convicts was crucified, according to an interior ministry statement
