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Living among trees, plants and flowers can fill your life with beauty. And if you are a woman, it can also help you live longer.
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Hey, are you feeling any better? Yes, much better. Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.
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We aspired to levels of wealth and education higher than those of our parents, who often sacrificed to make it so. Comfort and security were the products of hard, honest work over a lifetime.
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The games that Americans play these days often involve ultra-realistic, high-tech video sports and combat simulations. We still dabble with archaic games like solitaire and chess...
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Jen: She said she wants the contract until the end of March and then from there we can play it by ear.
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Why do we need sleep? Is bedtime just a time for dreaming? Do our brains turn off for the night? What if I told you that scientists recently discovered that our brains may be just as busy at night as they are during the day?
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A circle is simple and elegant. Mathematicians describe it as 360 degrees traveling endlessly around and around.
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Businessman Elon Musk says his company is building a powerful, reusable rocket and a spaceship that may travel to the planet Mars.
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One of the biggest challenges facing the Catholic Church today is the decline in the number of nuns. Not enough young women are joining the church to take the place of sisters who retire or pass away.
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There we go again, the security checkpoint! Do I need to take off my jacket? Yes, you do, ma’am. And take off your shoes and put them in a bin.
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Grizzlies are large, brown bears that live in North America. Male grizzlies weigh over 200 kilograms, while the females weigh less than 200 kilograms.
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Roller coasters are fast and exciting. But passing a painful kidney stone is not. The process is painful and can take a long time.
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Oh my gosh! What happened to this glass vase? It’s broken! I know. I’ve been trying to find out who did it.
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This dark, flat image of yourself can seem huge and threatening, although you know it holds no power.
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We spend about one-third of our lives asleep. This may sound like a lot of time, but it is not wasted.
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Several companies now say they are exploring a possible solution: they propose using genetic material, DNA, to store data.
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Hey you’ve got it going on these days! Thanks. I’ve been working out at the gym so that I can get fit.
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There is a growing number of businesses that let customers prepare a month's worth of dinners in only a few hours. The so-called "easy meal preparation" concept has spawned a business boom...