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Some perennial vegetables are a natural fertilizer for yourself and nearby plants. It’s the same with herbs. Old and used tea bags contain nitrogen, tannic […]

Hanging plants can make your home a wonderful oasis, but when the colors of these plants start to fade and their leaves dry out, they […]

Having plants means taking into account lighting, watering, fertilization, and even insects. Plants can attract certain insects such as spider mites, midges, and whiteflies, which […]

Knowing the life cycle of your plants is vital to creating a healthy garden. Some plants grow all year round, such as evergreens (hence the […]

Newbie growers are often advised to buy plants such as bamboo, cacti or succulents. We were told that these are resistant plants that do not […]

According to the 2019 American Time Use Survey , people spend between one and a half to two and a half hours in their gardens. […]

Everyone has their own goals in life. For some, it’s climbing a mountain or writing a novel. For others, it is taking photographs of extreme […]

Anyone in the city tends to comment on the brightness of the stars when they find themselves in the countryside after dark. But, cliché or […]

The error messages seem logical: insects fly towards the light, so why not hang up the insect-killing light and have an error-free evening? Unfortunately, the […]

If you live in Indiana, western Ohio, eastern Pennsylvania, or anywhere near DC, brace yourself for a rare and bizarre phenomenon this spring: the arrival […]

It is easy enough to spot the moon, but it is much more difficult to determine which points in the night sky are planets. You […]

Niantic celebrated 25 years of Pokémon last week, taking the opportunity to roll out a massive event in its hit mobile game Pokémon GO . […]

The winter in the United States in 2021 was harsh, with snow covering the entire east coast and ice spreading south all the way to […]

Right now, many people in Texas have electricity but no water and turn to the melted snow for something to drink or wash up. This […]

NASA’s last Mars rover launched into space last summer, and after nearly seven months of space travel, it is making its final descent to the […]

Over the past two months, we have seen some pretty amazing things in the night sky. On the other hand, February is a bit quieter, […]

The Northern Lights are like an unreliable friend: even if they show up on schedule, there is no guarantee that they will actually show up, […]

With everything else happening in 2020, you might have missed the story of a mysterious flying object that fell into Earth’s orbit in September 2020 […]

Tonight we will see the wolf moon rise, the first full moon of 2021. Oddly enough, peak illumination begins at 2:16 pm, when the moon […]

While it sounds like a cozier, cooler version of theWeb Star Battle , the Winter Circle of Stars actually takes place in the night sky […]

In addition to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday marks the start of a week in which the country will hold its breath ahead of […]

The zoo announced that at least two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19. They are not the first animals to […]

We still don’t know so much about Mars, but thanks to recently released photos, we got a much better view of the Grand Canyon, the […]

After spending a week chained to the TV and our devices, we could all take a break from screens. Fortunately, the night sky has fun […]

As many of the personal New Years and fireworks have been cut or canceled this week, fans of the night sky may have been disappointed. […]

Despite the early sunsets and the scorching winter cold, our friend, the sun, is still working hard and energizing to brighten up your dull nights. […]

In August, the Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed a little boy to the conservatory family. Panda parents Tian Tian and Mei Xiang had four surviving cubs […]

Depending on where you live, you might have seen the sky lit up with fireworks over the weekend. But this week we have a different […]

With the full moon, the “madmen” come. At least that’s what I can believe in working in the newsroom for years. A former news editor […]

Your favorite autumn meteor shower is back! Orionids Peak tonight, although they should be visible anytime from now until November 7, 2020. They are called […]

October promises to be a great month for astronomical events. Not only does this give two chances of seeing a full moon – including the […]

As a child, my mother taught me to distinguish between Orion and Ursa Major in the night sky. As an adult, these are still the […]

It’s pretty cool to have a conversation with a kid halfway through the dinosaur phase. They almost certainly know more facts and statistics about dinosaurs […]

Now that we are in the midst of a particularly active bushfire season , it’s time to remember how to protect your home from these […]

You may think you know what to do if you are walking through the woods and bump into a bear, but you can also be […]

In the 1990 film Back to the Future, Part III , Christopher Lloyd’s eccentric inventor Doc Brown is transported to America in the late 19th […]

Remember the alarms? Remember getting up? Remember that in order to achieve a certain goal, you had to do several things in one day? Well, […]

Let’s be honest, everything related to 2020 is aging fast. It was nice when we were all home for a couple of weeks considering what […]

Like butterflies and fireflies , bee populations have been hit hard by habitat loss. Honeybees are important pollinators for a wide variety of plants, and […]

Monarch butterflies are in danger – so much so that they may soon be officially endangered . Due to deforestation, climate change and related habitat […]