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Written by Diane MacEachern Kids shouldn’t get cancer. It’s wrong and unfair, let alone heartbreaking. Even so, childhood cancer rates are on the rise. Childhood leukemia cases in the US have increased 35% and rates of childhood brain cancer have gone up 33% since researchers started tracking the disease in the early 1970s. In fact, as hard as it is to fathom, cancer rates for children and teens across America have ballooned to the point that one in every 285 American children receives a cancer diagnosis before the age of twenty. Why is this happening? More to the point, why...

A rendering of the Park Habitat office building, now under construction in San Jose, which will use treated wastewater to irrigate a living green wall. Hayes Davidson/Westbank This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In downtown San Francisco, in a cavernous garage that was once a Honda dealership, a gleaming white-and-blue appliance about the size of a commercial refrigerator is being prepared for transport to a hotel in Los Angeles. There, this unit, called a OneWater System, will be installed in the basement, where its collection of pipes will take in...

One of the best things about the internet is that it allows people from all around the world and all walks of life to share what they’re most passionate about. It’s this imagination that maintains our faith in humanity and really inspires us to spend time on our own hobbies.The r/crochet subreddit is a massively popular online community that unites crocheters from all corners of the net. It’s a space where they can share photos of their work, discuss and swap ideas, ask for advice, and generally support each other. We’ve collected some of the community members’ most creative and...

The beginning of any story is, by far, the hardest part. Well, except for that sticky middle pain in the @$$ ACT TWO that goes on FOREVER. Total nightmare not getting stalled there. Then, we need to make sure to knock it out of the park at the END lest readers curse our names for giving them such high hopes only to let them down. Okay, let’s just say ALL parts of writing a novel are difficult and present unique challenges. Yet, a story beginning is the kindling that starts the fire that (hopefully) makes readers burn through a book...

Earn $1,493.04 {Last Year’s Grocery Expenses} Selling Totally Random Things Online If only I could sell T-Rex, I’d have this goal in the bag. But seriously, this is a goal that I have everything I need to achieve the goal {all the supplies {mostly} boxed and ready to go} but just haven’t made the time {it would take half a day at least} to get everything listed.  Summers in Maine. They’re tricky. You really have to take advantage of your outside time before the weather turns. Sold so far: 1 Box of “Native Organically Harvested Maine Driftwood” for $89.95 1...