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A corner of a house with a sloped roof, surrounded by trees.

Home

Homeowner eyes new gutters after roof-edge solar turns medium rain into a 'waterfall'

A person measures a concrete block wall with a tape measure in a construction area.

Home

For sloped yards, natural stone retaining walls may last longer than concrete blocks

A person connecting two solar panels.

Home

New Jersey legalizes plug-in solar panels that could trim up to $50 from monthly bills

A large inflatable yellow character with red gloves and shoes stands in an urban setting.

Tech

German biologists find 'Pac-Man' enzyme that breaks down bioplastics and antibiotics

Part of a couple's off-grid set-up.

Home

After 8 years off-grid in Portugal, couple says 'simple' life gave them 100 new jobs

A hillside is on fire with flames and smoke, while firefighters and trucks are stationed below.

Tech

California agencies add 2 firefighter housing sites to slash wildfire response times

A caterpillar known as Megalopyge lanata.

Outdoors

Dad unknowingly turns backyard mango tree into nursery for venomous 'fire caterpillars'

A person unlocking a front door.

Home

Australian renter spent 23 years in same unit, then landlord left her the home

A northern rubber boa.

Outdoors

British Columbia homeowner checking irrigation finds rare rubber boa on pool deck

Rescue personnel carry a wolf on a stretcher while a woman holds a leash nearby.

Tech

Illinois husky survives days in muddy marsh before thermal drone leads rescuers to him

A beach with a sandy shore, a jetty, and people walking along a pathway beside the water.

Business

Florida surf park approved in 2020 could be scrapped for data center, retail hub

A fence around an outdoor AC unit.

Home

Renter says landlord fenced in AC, then it quit in a heat wave with a newborn at home