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Towering palms, enormous vines thrived in ancient forest

The fossilized remains of the forest were found in a quarry in Gilboa, New York. [...]

How to grow sweet potatoes

A 10-step guide to sprouting plants indoors, cultivating and storing them. [...]

Ancient fleas were 10 times bigger but couldn’t jump

The fleas’ size and tough mouthparts would have made it easy for them to feast on large hosts, including dinosaurs. [...]

Architects compete to keep it local with Vancouver’s ’100-Mile House’

A new design contest sponsored by the Architecture Foundation of British Columbia takes one of the locavore movement’s more popular fads, the 100-Mile Diet concept, and applies it to home building. [...]

Smithsonian festival will kick off shuttle Discovery’s new career

Discovery will be displayed as the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar surrounded by hundreds of other NASA and space artifacts. [...]

U.S. nuclear oversight too lax, say scientists

The report from the Union of Concerned Scientists calls on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be more consistent in its role. [...]

Dogs’ feet give Japan scientists paws for thought

Dogs circulate heat in their legs, warming cooler blood before it returns to the heart. [...]

Depression-era gardening

Old-school values can be applied in many aspects of life in today’s messy economy. [...]

Watch: Hummingbird ‘snores’ in its sleep

Most people have never seen a hummingbird sit still, not to mention snooze. [...]

Woman charged with burning down ‘The Senator,’ a 3,500-year-old tree

Florida woman says she was doing drugs inside the hollow tree. [...]