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Hooked and Rooted: 10 Perennials That Keep a Zone 6B Garden in Full Bloom Through September

August 22, 2026

A zone 6B/7A garden keeps blooming through mid-September with ten carefully chosen perennials, from a

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TED: A Five-Minute Walk Every Half Hour Cuts Blood Sugar Spikes by 60 Percent, Says Columbia Researcher Keith Diaz

August 22, 2026

Exercise scientist Keith Diaz found that a five-minute walk every 30 minutes cuts post-meal blood

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CaseyNeistat: Once a Year, the Park Avenue Tunnel Opens to Skateboards and New York Goes Wild

August 22, 2026

Once a year, the Park Avenue Tunnel on 33rd Street opens to skateboards and bikes,

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: A Wild Fox Named Foxy Keeps Coming Back to Hear Banjo in the Boulder Foothills

August 17, 2026

In the Boulder Foothills, a wild fox named Foxy has been stopping by a family's

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Plumes: Plumes Sang Love Songs to Shelter Animals and the Results Are Impossible to Watch Dry-Eyed

August 17, 2026

Plumes brought a voice and a song into shelter kennels, performing directly to animals waiting

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Red Bull: Red Bull's Wingsuit Team Just Flew the World's Highest Obstacle Course Above Dubai

August 17, 2026

Four wingsuit pilots flew a 15-obstacle course above Dubai, threading human gates, mid-air latches, and

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Red Bull: Felix Baumgartner Broke the Sound Barrier in Freefall and Almost Didn't Survive It

August 17, 2026

Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in freefall from the edge of space, then survived

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: A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

August 16, 2026

A hydrogen-powered race car built by JCB and Williams Advanced Engineering hit 406.320 mph on

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober Traveled 4,000 Miles to the Equator to Expose a Tourist Scam (And Tested 6 Other Physics Puzzles Along the Way)

August 16, 2026

Mark Rober traveled 4,000 miles to Ecuador to investigate whether a popular tourist water-drain demonstration

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MOLLY DIXON: Molly Dixon Hits Bitter Springs and Finds the Northern Territory at Its Best

August 16, 2026

Molly Dixon floats through Bitter Springs at 34 degrees Celsius, catches the world's fastest whip-cracker

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Xavier Rudd: Xavier Rudd's 'World Order' Is a Quiet Anthem About Growing Into Yourself

August 16, 2026

Xavier Rudd's 'World Order,' from the Freedom Sessions EP, traces the quiet work of growing

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Shelby Church: Shelby Church Borrowed a Ladder Instead of Buying One, and It Fixed More Than Her Curtains

August 15, 2026

Shelby Church had curtains she could not hang and no space to store a ladder.

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