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Young Biologist Builds Her Own Tiny House For $30,000

The things that make me crabby about tiny houses are the headbanger lofts and the killer stairs, which sometimes are little more than ladders (like in the post below). Kimberley's latest tiny house has the loft, but it also has one of the most ingenious stairs I have seen yet; usually they mussel in a shrimpy thing that is shellfish with space but this one is running almost the length of the home because it is really a storage unit. There is even a handrail! This shellfish biologist will be happy as a clam.

Tiny Townhouses Proposed for Vancouver's Homeless

Here, for example, is the alternative.

Yes, You Should Hire That Teenage Babysitter

It's amazing how Katherine can squeeze these stories out of her life experience.

Tips for Garden Planning: What to Work Out in January

IT'S JANUARY! Don't gardeners get a vacation?

Helping Giant Pandas Doesn't Always Help Their Neighbors

The "umbrella effect" doesn't necessarily protect other species.

These Countries Are the World's Biggest Water Wasters

Canada is the worst, it has lots of water but the problem is the pumping and the heating.

Photos Capture the Shape-Shifting Beauty of Starling Murmurations

"The starlings seem to move as one unified organism that vigorously opposes any outside threat. The graphic and organic shapes of the starling murmurations range from meditative to highly dramatic as they perform their incredible ballet about life and death."

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