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June 2025 new moon in Cancer is the most important one of the year — here’s why
The moon-iest new moon of the year is upon us — and this lunation is getting a heavy, heady dose of amplification from gas ...
How Bees, Beer Cans and Data Solve the Same Packing Problem
The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...
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Contractor Took Treated Wood To The Landfill, But He Had To Get Creative To Get All Of The Wood To Fit In A Small Container
What should the contractor do if there’s more construction material than will fit in the provided bin at the landfill? The ...
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Woman shares genius hack using empty medicine bottles: 'Such a good idea'
"I literally always feel terrible when I throw them away." Woman shares genius hack using empty medicine bottles: 'Such a good idea' first appeared on The Cool Down.
Gardeners urged to leave a bowl of beer in the yard this summer — here's why
"Slugs are the bane of gardeners' lives after they munch the new growth of precious plants, demolish seedlings overnight and munch irregularly-shaped holes in leaves," states Lucie Bradley, gardening ...
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Gardener shares cost-saving hack using empty food jars: 'I have been saving these'
This clever hack combined several cost-saving measures into one. First, by reusing old spice jars and medicine bottles, ...