Culture

Alarm clock appeals to your good nature to break your snoozing habit. We have a better idea

Each time you hit snooze, the alarm clock app gives $1 of your money to a wildlife charity.

Kate Yoder Culture

Which type of stovetop is the most energy-efficient?

Which stovetop is most efficient, a reader from B.C. wonders -- and advice maven Ask Umbra cranks up an answer.

Ask Umbra® Culture

The need-to-know guide for safe canning and preserving

Here are instructions to keep your canned food botulism-free.

Leslie Stephens Culture

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but rain barrels still are not

A bill to legalize use of rain barrels is being considered by the state legislature, to the chagrin of some farmers and ranchers.

Katie Herzog Culture

Spring sprang, and we’re losing our minds. Here’s how to cope with the stress

It's been a tough week for reproductive rights, from the Supreme Court to the supreme close-mindedness of certain govenors.

Eve Andrews Culture

What makes a city great? New data backs up long-held beliefs

Here's more proof that Jane Jacobs was right.

Suzanne Jacobs Culture

In the future, you may never have to do laundry again

New high-tech fabrics can clean themselves -- just add sun.

Kate Yoder Culture

Leonardo DiCaprio attacks climate change deniers running for president

Will Donald Trump lash out at Leo next?

Katie Herzog Culture

The bitter truth about butter’s environmental impacts

A recently converted vegan wonders if it takes more energy to produce cooking oils than it does to make butter. Advice maven Umbra Fisk says she shouldn't waffle.