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Tom Patterson was dying in a U.S. hospital from a massive bacterial infection he’d contracted while traveling in Egypt. Doctors gave him a prognosis of days. Fortunately, his wife, Steffanie Strathdee, happened to be an infectious disease epidemiologist, who was Read more
With 580 acres of ex-airport real estate now available, the area is being dreamed of as a sustainable neighborhood of wide open green spaces, bike lanes, and affordable efficient housing. After old Tegel Airport in Berlin was closed down in Read more
Wild European bison have been released in southeast England where they will roam unperturbed by humans on Great Britain for the first time in 6,000 years. It’s the culmination of several years of planning by the Kent Wildlife Trust, which Read more
The latest housing trend in America has nothing to do with décor, or “open concepts,” but rather the rise of intergenerational roommates. Described as separated by at least one generation, intergenerational roommate arrangements are growing in the United States, and Read more
A Nevada man may owe his life to the intelligence of his border collie after the real-world “Lassie” led search and rescue to him. The man had fallen 70 feet down a steep slope in the Tahoe Forest, breaking his Read more
Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 2 discussion thread, we wanted to find out what people were growing at this very moment. We took it to social media and shared photos… Brandi Lanai took the plunge into fruit Read more
The WHO recently-celebrated Botswana for their “groundbreaking achievement” of stopping the transmission of HIV between moms and their newborns. The national program has reduced such occurrences from 40% to below 1% since it was launched 23 years ago. Botswana still Read more