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Too dry in winter, too damp in summer ... does this describe the air in your house? If, like Goldilocks, you're looking for something that's just right, a humidifier or dehumidifier may do the job. The ideal relative humidity inside the home is 30-60 percent,…

The human brain is an incredibly complex organ capable of doing many things even better than the world's top supercomputers.   However, our brains are far from perfect and they often trick us. Take a look at just a few of the ways our brains play mind games…

You need to see the Lit Motors C-1 in action. It defies gravity. Sitting on two wheels like a bicycle, this commuter car is held up, like the Segway, by a pair of gyroscopes. Lit dramatizes how well it stays upright by dragging it sideways with a truck.  

Nov. 12, 1996: The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is established in Kansas. It is one of the best intact prairie ecosystems in North America. In 2009, a small herd of the American bison that used to dominate the prairie were reintroduced to Tallgrass.  

For the visually impaired, the world can be a difficult and dangerous place to navigate. Sure, a blind person can take advantage of cognitive tricks, such as memorizing the number of steps it takes to get from point A to point B, or utilize tools such as a…

Forget wearables; let's talk hearables, the devices formerly known as hearing aids. The hearing aid/hearables market is $5.4 billion worldwide, compared to the $2 billion headphone market. Apple buying Beats may have made headlines, but Apple building…

The traditional recipe for mayonnaise calls for eggs, but there are many vegan mayonnaise brands on the market. One of those brands, Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo, got a boost in sales yesterday from an unexpected source — a big mayo company that’s suing for…

Two years ago, MNN’s home blogger Matt wrote about the rising incidents of children being poisoned by an emerging product, detergent pods. Young children can mistake the colorful pods for candy, ingesting them or ripping open their plastic coatings and…

Two years ago, MNN’s home blogger Matt wrote about the rising incidents of children being poisoned by an emerging product, detergent pods. Young children can mistake the colorful pods for candy, ingesting them or ripping open the plastic coatings and getting…

 

Just before 11 a.m. this morning in London, the last poppy in a sea of 888,245 ceramic blooms flowing around the Tower of London was added. The symbolic planting, timed to ceremonies marking Armistice Day in the United Kingdom, completes the "Blood Swept Lands…

Don’t tell Donald Trump but in Scotland, the tartan-clad land where renewable energy installations also serve as major tourist attractions, enough energy is generated at on- and offshore wind farms to power all of the country’s homes and then some.  

Flu season is here. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu season can start as early as October and last well into May, so it's time to start thinking about what you need to do to keep you and your family healthy. To help, we've…

A galette is sort of like a pizza; a pastry crust is piled up with flavorful roasted vegetables (or fruits) and baked until golden brown. It's a great rustic country dish, and it's easy to put together.  

If theoretical physicists had their own version of the age-old question about the chicken and the egg, they might instead ask: What came first, quantum mechanics or string theory?  

The feel of a freshly made bed is like no other. If getting into bed every night is one of life's fine treats (and I believe it is), then slipping between newly clean sheets is like the organic dark chocolate version of that treat.    On the flip side,…

In 1981, adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg traveled to the Bolivian Amazon with two friends in search of gold in a remote Indian village. The trio took along with them a geologist/guide Ghinsberg had befriended who claimed to know the exact location of the treasure.…

Parkinson's disease is a progressive condition that attacks the nervous system and affects a sufferer's ability to move. It usually starts gradually, with a barely noticeable tremor in one hand and progresses into symptoms that affect the movement, balance,…