Almost every meteor shower asks you to get up at three in the morning. The Draconids do not. They are...
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Sometime in October you will nearly step on one: a fat, bristly caterpillar in black and rust, hurrying across the...
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The Farmers' Almanac fishing calendar has never been about one rule. It uses the phase of the Moon, the zodiac...
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Saturn reaches opposition at 8:32 a.m. EDT on Sunday, October 4. Opposition means the Earth passes directly between Saturn and...
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Fall color moves down the map from north to south every year, and the usual explanation is temperature. That is...
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A garden that lives on rainfall is no longer a Southwestern thing. Water restrictions, hotter summers, and busier lives have...
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The right indoor relative humidity sits between 30 and 50 percent, per EPA and ASHRAE consensus. That single window covers...
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Humidity is water vapor in the air. You cannot see it; humidity is the gaseous form of water, distinct from...
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