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Daily Edition • November 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Caterpillars deserve a soft place to land when they fall from trees, don’t you think? Well, you can help make that happen with a bit of thoughtful landscaping. “Caterpillars drop from the tree and they pupate in the ground. And how we landscape under those trees determines whether or not those caterpillars will survive,” entomologist Doug Tallamy told the Associated Press. Tallamy suggested avoiding raking leaves under trees as a start, and then…Read more
- Advice for Alzheimer’s caregivers
Sunday Edition • April 6, 2025 SUPPORTED BY YouTube may not be the first place you’d think to turn to for a moment of calm (especially since going online is often a cause of our need for calm), but at least one corner of the video platform serves as an oasis amid the chaos. There’s a vast collection of channels that transform your computer into an ambient noise machine — and, by extension, transport you to a peaceful place. Take “View Escape,” for example, which pairs immersive audio with...
- Free lunch for 40K more students
Daily Edition • April 5, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Who makes the best banana bread? Your grandma, probably — but what about after her? Eater reporter Bettina Makalintal tested four popular online recipes to see which turned out the most delicious final product, while also maintaining the quick bread’s ethos of “thrift and efficiency.” Her top-ranked recipe certainly fits into that ideology: It calls for neither eggs nor butter, making it accessible and budget-friendly. Now you have a use for those...
- A military food makeover
Daily Edition • April 4, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Gardening is already a climate-friendly hobby, but if you’re looking to make your backyard plot even more sustainable, you might want to consider soil blocking. The practice is a more environmentally minded way to prep seedlings (compared to plastic or peat pots) and involves using a metal tool akin to an ice tray to pack soil into individual blocks. The tool is affordable — you can find them for around $20 — and better yet, should last for decades....