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By utilizing passive solar energy, our ancestors could use temperate differences to heat and cool their homes. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, right? And it is higher in the summer than in the winter. We know that. Thousands of years ago they knew that. By using the difference in ...

Root cellars could be called feats of engineering dating back millennia, but very little technology, other than careful observation of nature and the trial-and-error method, may have gone into their construction and usage. Just plain need of storing excess produce ...

New federal requirements for meat labeling have raised not only consumer awareness about food origins but also the chance for spiked grocery prices. The country-of-origin labeling rule (COOL) requires certain food products, particularly most beef and poultry, to include specific ...

If you live in the United States and are reading this, chances are you have a good-sized refrigerator. This is where you store much of your food, putting it in the fridge because it’s convenient and you don’t have to ...

It is an established statistical fact – heat waves kill more people in the United States each year than tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and all other natural disasters combined. Those other types of disasters have a public relations advantage because they ...