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How to find (and keep) a roommate

Finding and keeping a good living partner requires discussing how you want to share housing and all the details that go with that proposal. Create a personal inventory of your non-negotiable requirements. [...]

Bolivia consults locals on jungle highway project

Talks over the controversial highway will last for a month with the results of those talks released in another two months’ time. [...]

Cows’ happiness is target of UK study

Scientists are studying how dairy cows interact with each other, in the hope of finding ways of making them happier and more productive. [...]

Monster power cut blacks out more than half of India

The power outage has affected public transit, hospitals, banks and mining operations. [...]

U.S. gun control leaders try again to hit target

Sen. Frank Lautenberg has proposed a bill that would end online sales of ammunition and allow only licensed dealers to sell ammo. [...]

U.S. gun control leaders try again to hit target

Sen. Frank Lautenberg has proposed a bill that would end online sales of ammunition and allow only licensed dealers to sell ammo. [...]

New photo sheds light on supernova remnant

The supernova has likely become a pulsar, and has created a cocoon of fast-moving charged particles around it called a pulsar wind nebula. [...]

Ready to replace your lawnmower with 348 guinea pigs?

As ‘goatscaping’ becomes increasingly popular in suburban contexts, Movoto.com explores other living lawnmower replacement options including guinea pigs. Yes, guinea pigs. [...]

Will July be the hottest month ever recorded?

The Pacific Northwest was cooler than normal, lowering the average national temperature for the month. [...]

The upside of drought: Smaller ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf

With less water and run-off nutrients like nitrogen reaching the Gulf, animals have more oxygen with which to thrive. [...]