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Cold and flu season is here, and many Americans are stocking up on over-the-counter medications to help fight sickness. In fact, according to the research organization Euromonitor International, retail sales of cough, cold and allergy remedies in the US are ...

Did you know that run-off from road salt can affect soil and water in a similar way as acid rain? According to a study by University of Maine researchers, road salt run-off at concentrations of 220 milligrams per liter can ...

Starting and growing plants indoors is a great way to augment your gardening space and to extend your growing season. However, providing the proper lighting for your indoor plants can seem like a daunting task. It doesn’t have to be. ...

Did your grandmother encourage you to drink a cup of warm milk before bed? This folk remedy has been around for generations, and like many folk remedies, there is actually something to it. However, the type of milk – specifically ...

William Blake wrote, “Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.” Henry David Thoreau wrote, “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Jonathan Swift wrote. “I never knew a ...

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is over, the cold weather has set in, and spring seems like a long time away. If you are like many people, you may be experiencing a post-Christmas letdown or what we ...

Did you know that a pine tree’s needles contain more Vitamin C than fresh orange juice? In fact, native North Americans drank tea made from pine needles for centuries to both prevent illness and to treat coughs and colds. The ...

Picture this unhappy scenario. You open up your carefully prepared and stored food at a time of need only to find it infested with bugs. Nearly all dried foods – including grains, cereals, beans, nuts, powdered milk, dried fruits, cured ...

Our sun is a very volatile star, with violent eruptions often occurring without us even knowing it. Solar storms, defined by NASA as “eruptions of mass and energy from the solar surface, including prominences, flares, sunspots and coronal ejections,” are ...

Over the past couple of decades, Americans has gone crazy for recycling. Most communities have a recycling program, and we feel good about saving our cans, bottles, boxes and newspapers and putting them at our curbs for a weekly pick-up. ...