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    5 Scary Signs Your Email Account Is Compromised

    carballo / Shutterstock.com Email is a pretty mundane part of our digital lives now and may not be something you spend much time thinking about. But if you’re not paying attention, it’s all too easy to miss the often quiet signs that somebody is trying to break into your accounts. And it’s not...
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    Children Plead With U.S. Lawmakers to Protect EPA’s Endangerment Finding

    At a press conference in the Capitol, they made the case for regulating greenhouse gases in the interest of youth and future generations. By Carl David Goette-Luciak School-age children carrying signs reading “less pollution, more solution” and “people over polluters” gathered on Wednesday...
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    After Trump Cut the National Science Foundation by 56 Percent, a Venerable Arctic Research Center Closes Its Doors

    The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives. President Donald Trump has emphasized energy and national security in the Arctic. By Lisa Sorg After nearly 40 years, the Arctic...
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    The Longevity Revolution May Mean Your Retirement Is Healthy, Lengthy and Broke

    DisobeyArt / Shutterstock.com Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links within this article, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend. The promise of living healthier into our 90s and beyond is no longer science fiction...
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    3 Old World Spots for Living a Simpler, Sweeter Life

    Serhiy Stakhnyk / Shutterstock.com What if you could go back to a simpler, sweeter time? To a time when you knew your neighbors and they knew you … when you were part of a tight-knit community … able to embrace life in a quiet, safe little place that resisted change and preferred to keep...
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    Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns

    This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say. By Phil McKenna Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published...
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    How This Family Moved Overseas — on Their Own Terms

    trabantos / Shutterstock.com It started with a canceled work assignment. We were supposed to move to Budapest for my husband’s job. This was a temporary relocation that felt like a long-awaited opportunity to shake things up, show our kids the world, and step outside the routine we had built in...
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    Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat

    A trend in carefully planned super-charged plant growth is gaining interest in the United States as cities and towns battle rising temperatures and climate change. By Emilie Lounsberry PRINCETON, N.J.—For years, it’s been just a patch of grass in the middle of a small park. Soon the ground will...
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    More Americans Now Read Food Labels. You Might Be Surprised What They Focus On.

    723967381 / Shutterstock.com Most Americans say they’re eating right, according to a recent Gallup poll, and that’s been fairly consistent over the years. Gallup reports that since it started asking about dietary habits in 2001, the majority of Americans, 84%, have self-reported that their diet...
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    Can You Live Happily in Retirement With Just 66% of Your Work Income?

    Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com Contrary to what many financial planners suggest, you can live on a lot less than 100% or even 80% of your pre-retirement income. In fact, a survey by T. Rowe Price of new retirees who have 401(k) account balances or rollover IRAs found that you can live...
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    9 Bad Table Manners That Virtually Everyone Is Guilty Of

    Hananeko_Studio / Shutterstock.com Smartphones have made a lot of things obsolete — but good manners aren’t one of them. “Table manners have definitely not gone out of style,” says Diane Gottsman, author of “Modern Etiquette for a Better Life,” and founder of the Protocol School of Texas. But...
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    11 Money Management Trends You Should Know About

    Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links within this article, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend. Forget the old rule book. These money moves are rewriting how people save, spend...
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    What Makes Barcelona the Cosmopolitan Wonder It Is Today

    Sergii Figurnyi / Shutterstock.com My last visit to Barcelona before I moved back to Europe was in 2007. I was just 18, but I fell in love. I had that instant “click” you sometimes get when you visit a new place. You just know you could be happy there. Barcelona was just one stop on a grand...
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    How to Find the Best Place in the World to Spend Your Retirement

    PeopleImages.com - Yuri A / Shutterstock.com We all love reading lists of the best places to retire. They interest us, pique our wanderlust and make us think about what is possible in retirement. However, deciding if one of the best places to retire is your own home or somewhere far away is a...
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    Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows

    Public health researchers struggle to track the accelerating pace of global warming impacts. By Bob Berwyn The grim death toll from heat waves across European cities this past summer would be captured in shocking headlines if they happened all at once, in a bombing or plane crash—835 in Rome...
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    In the Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super Reefs’

    The move to conserve climate resilient corals is part of a growing international movement to save vital ecosystems most likely to survive a warming ocean. By Teresa Tomassoni The Philippines has designated more than 200 square miles of its coastal waters as a national protected area to...
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    Why Portugal’s Beaches Are the Best in the World

    S-F / Shutterstock.com Portugal’s southern coast has become a go-to for turnkey travels in recent years … between its stunning scenery, spas, and delicious seafood, it’s become a favorite of mine for easy, family-pleasing vacations. Flights from Paris are often very cheap (though, in some...
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    The New Reality of AI-Driven Hiring and Firing

    Perfect Wave / Shutterstock.com Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links within this article, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend. Videos circulating on social media, including TikTok, show people being fired by...
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    Monsters in Trouble

    The colorful, venomous and mysterious Gila monster flourishes in the scorching Desert Southwest, but climate change threatens the lizards’ food, water and shelter. Moving to more hospitable habitats won’t be easy. By Tina Deines Gila monsters are shrouded in mystery. The venomous...
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    UN Sessions on Solar Geoengineering Trigger Unease

    There’s a growing global movement to oppose sun-dimming atmospheric experiments, but concerns about the potential threat of unilateral efforts by rogue nations are on the rise. By Bob Berwyn The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is...
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