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A hand holding a spray bottle releasing a fine mist against a dark background.

Tech

Common nasal spray ingredient emerges in Massachusetts lab work on aging pathways

A person using a smartphone to monitor solar energy data with solar panels in the background.

Tech

First-time solar owner asks what app chart means, gets a lesson in when to use power

A bowl of bananas, oranges, and apples on a patterned surface.

Home

That overripe banana in your fruit bowl could bring more butterflies to your yard

A person sorts and chops freshly harvested onions in a garden and kitchen setting.

Food

Gardener says bolted onions can rot from the inside, shares plan to save the harvest

A person near sweet potato leaves.

Home

Gardeners share which leafy greens thrive in desert heat when lettuce and spinach fail

A dirty air filter and a clean one.

Home

HVAC pros say replacing a dirty air filter now could spare your system a costly breakdown

A person saying plants don't like extreme heat.

Home

Gardeners who quit in August could miss the simplest season for fast-growing crops

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Tech

Zuckerberg's AI manifesto joins a growing chorus of tech bosses preaching an AI utopia

A filter with coffee grounds.

Home

Leftover coffee grounds could help curb ants without traps, bait, or chemicals

A technician working on an AC unit.

Home

Warm-air AC drew a $4,000 repair quote, but a second company fixed it for $223

The inside of a brick chimney.

Home

Arizona renter traces dead-animal smell to hidden AC shaft behind floor vent

A protective grate on an AC unit.

Home

Repeated AC icing pushes homeowner to seek second opinion on failing system