Mood rings are flawed, however, because there are lots of outside factors that can alter their performance. Your emotions do have an effect on your body temperature, but so do many other things, such as exercise or the temperature of the space you're in. Furthermore, different people's b...
Multitasking is a disaster, says Slow Productivity author Cal Newport. In this interview, he tells us how the modern workplace got so bad—and what you can do about it.
With residential lots often measured as part of an acre, it isn’t surprising that many people want to know how much is an acre of land worth. Originally, the amount of land a man with a pair of oxen could plow during a day defined an acre’s size. An acre in farming refers to a...
Startups can be especially vulnerable to mindset mistakes. It's tempting to hold on to the mentality that got you off the ground when you were just a few people in one room, but now you have customers and real momentum, things will have to change. For many startups, scaling is simply...
Learn how to grow Sedums with Love the Garden. Sedum plants are easy to grow, produce lots of nectar for pollinators, and provide lovely autumn colour.
America’s most special places will always be beautiful, but a warming climate forces us to accept that they can’t be frozen in time.
In the case of mineral water, it may just be that the water is healthier than tap water. On the other hand, an interesting point to note is that many cities add fluoride to their water if it doesn't naturally contain the American Dental Association recommended amount (0.7 to 1.2 ppm) ...
In many areas, water is regulated and distributed by governments. In the United States, it's regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act. However, government control isn't always in the best interests of all people. In the 1930s, to irrigate cotton fields, the Soviet government created canals...
We get lots of questions about how we handle weeds in our yard… and, while we currently have a pretty good system, we learned our lessons the hard way. We spent years struggling with weeds all throughout our landscape — to the point where I almost wanted to dig up all our shrubs ...
In my work, I have spoken to many people in the midst of an emergency’s fulcrum, fighting to survive unprecedented heat waves, ice storms or floods. Not one of them has made it through on the might of a single relationship. Neighbors install sprinkler systems to point to each...