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Landscaping business shares photos of unexpected helpers clearing out overgrown property: 'Can access areas machinery can't'

Goatscaping is an eco-friendly way to clear overgrown areas without relying on heavy machinery or toxic herbicides.
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Homeowner warned about harmful impacts of popular landscaping product: 'No pros, all cons'

Rubber mulch is a controversial product in the gardening community. If you don't know any better, the synthetic mulch can ...
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Experts thrilled as trail camera captures images of incredibly rare creature: 'Encouraging'

A trail camera set up in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park to help track feral cats also picked up images of a long-footed ...
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Engineers build incredible machines that can pull water from thin air: 'We have a resource to use'

A Hawaiian company has developed machines that can pull fresh water directly out of the air, and two of those machines are ...
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Volunteers use satellite tech to help endangered creatures — here's how they're doing it

The Purple Martin Conservation Association has teamed up with the Tucson Bird Alliance to help track adult purple martins ...
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Homeowner captures stunning video of unexpected backyard visitor: 'Quite a rare sight'

One homeowner recently got a surprise visitor, and the internet is excited. In a TikTok video shared by Shaunw0123 ...
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US agency approves $1.6 billion project that could lower Americans' energy bills: 'Modernize the grid'

With an energy-efficient, all-climate system from Mitsubishi, you can reduce the amount of energy needed to heat and cool ...
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HVAC installer shows how he used solar power to spite utility company: 'Been a good year'

One Redditor shares how they're forced to rely on solar energy to avoid overpriced utility bills from their local energy ...
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Landlord sees instant backlash after setting up ridiculous expectation for new tenants: 'That is actually a hazard'

One landlord learned the hard way that trying to get a tenant to use an unreliable gas stove is a really bad idea.
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Shocking research reveals why over half of low-income U.S. households are cutting back on groceries: '[The] difficult trade-offs families are making'

Startling numbers of people, especially those living in low-income households, have fallen behind on utility bills, received ...
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Researchers make first-of-its-kind breakthrough after drilling into 'super hot rocks' beneath US forest: 'Sort of a world premiere'

Energy explorers from Texas are drilling into a volcano in an Oregon forest with hopes of developing a cleaner power source.
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Engineers build groundbreaking AI tool that could revolutionize future devices: 'Think of it as having an agent or co-pilot'

Researchers at MIT have developed SpectroGen, an AI tool acting as a virtual spectrometer, to expedite material testing.