History Comes Alive for Boggsville Days
Come join us for Boggsville Days Saturday, October 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. where living history characters bring the 1860s to life. It's fun for the whole family, and admission is free.
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Nonprofit group builds tiny homes to shelter Arizona youths
In recent years, cities from Seattle to Los Angeles to Madison, Wisconsin, to Austin, Texas, have turned to these affordable and energy-efficient living spaces to shelter people experiencing homelessness.
Desalinating seawater sounds easy, but there are cheaper and more sustainable ways to meet people’s water needs
Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable. In the U.S., the issue is especially pressing in California, which is coping with a record-setting, multidecadal drought.
Book bans reflect outdated beliefs about how children read
Banned Books Week, an annual event that teachers and librarians across the U.S. mark with a combination of distress and defiance, is here again. The theme of this year's event, which takes place Sept. 18-24, is "Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us."
Curious Kids: Why does nature create patterns?
A pattern in nature is any regularly repeated arrangement of shapes or colors. Some of the most striking examples include the hexagonal arrays of rocks at Giant's Causeway in the United Kingdom, the beautiful fractal arrangements of florets on a Romanesco broccoli and the colorful stripes and spots on tropical fish.
Cooking at Home - Garden Chili
This quick and easy one pan dish is full of veggies, spices, and flavor. Get your kids involved by letting them wash the vegetables.
Surging sales of large gasoline pickups and SUVs are undermining carbon reductions from electric cars
Replacing petroleum fuels with electricity is crucial for curbing climate change because it cuts carbon dioxide emissions from transportation - the largest source of U.S. global warming emissions and a growing source worldwide.
Consumer groups press for bill to reform credit reporting
Consumer groups are pressing for legislation to reform the way credit agencies handle errors on credit reports.
US Senate ratifies treaty to phase down climate-warming HFCs from refrigerators and air conditioners – but what will replace them this time?
The U.S. Senate voted to ratify an international treaty on Sept. 21, 2022, and join 137 other countries in agreeing to phase out a class of climate-warming chemicals that are widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps.
5 Things To Consider When Buying an Electric Scooter
E-scooters make traveling around town more efficient--and they're eco-friendly. Jot down the things you need to consider before purchasing your e-scooter!
