Home Improvement | In the Garden

12 Principles of Garden Design

These universal principles have become the set of tools I use to create gardens that embody all the key elements of the world’s greatest landscapes but are scaled to each individual’s s…

Home Improvement | In the Garden

The Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Tomatoes - Southern Living

Tomatoes are some of the most popular plants to grow, whether in containers or your yard. With proper care and maintenance, you can have an abundance

Home Improvement | In the Garden

7 Foolproof Products to Help You Grow a Garden Inside Your Home

You don't need to take a master class in gardening to grow fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables in your home. Here are a few indoor gardening systems to help you get started.

Home Improvement | In the Garden

Plants for a Wow-Worthy Container - FineGardening

So many of us love to look at all the beautiful colors, textures and shapes of plants in the garden center, but we have a hard time visualizing combinations. Don’t …

Home Improvement | In the Garden

4 ways to get your plants to water themselves

Keep your plants healthy while you're away with these methods.

Architecture & Interior Design | Home & Decorating

Here's a Brilliantly Simple Way to Organize the Food Container Lids Taking Over Your Cabinets | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Architecture & Interior Design | Home & Decorating

These Are the Biggest Home Décor Trends of 2018 | MyDomaine

We asked interior designers to share the trends they believe will be huge next year. Find out what the biggest home décor trends are predicted to be.

Architecture & Interior Design | Home & Decorating

Design hacks for small living rooms

Small doesn’t have to mean limited!

Architecture & Interior Design | Home & Decorating

20 Design Secrets

What nobody every tells you about decorating.

Architecture & Interior Design | Home & Decorating

Meet Mickey Muennig / Blog / Need Supply Co.

So cool!

Advice & Self-Help | Education

5 Tricks for Learning a New Language as an Adult

Here are some tricks to help you learn a new language as an adult.

Advice & Self-Help | Education

When Walt Disney Opened an Elementary School | Mental Floss

Thanks to the itinerary, the kids knew exactly when he’d be arriving: 3:15 p.m. There were signs and banners and drawings of Mickey Mouse sticking up from the sea of diminutive bodies waiting by the train station. Seven thousand people in total huddled around the tracks.

Advice & Self-Help | Education

How to Take Free Courses from Top Universities | TIME

You can continue your education with some amazing and free online resources available from top universities.

How fantastic is this?

Advice & Self-Help | Education

Kids 'get' math when they use their hands | Futurity

Children gain a deeper understanding of math and perform better when doing a problem if they use hand gestures, new research shows.

Advice & Self-Help | Education

A Letter to Teachers!

What I would say to my former student self? More importantly, what would I have wanted someone to say to me? Here's what I would say to anyone about to become a teacher....

Family & Parenting | Parenting

13 Funny Stories About Sleep Deprivation From New Parents | Fatherly

From falling asleep standing up at work to accidentally putting breast milk in their cereal, here are 13 funny stories of sleep-deprived parents.

Family & Parenting | Parenting

Things Parents Used to Say That Would Shock Millennial Parents Today

Parents used to threaten kids with spankings, tell them to stop crying, and send them to bed without dinner. Here are a few more things today's helicopter parents would be shocked to learn people used to say to their children.

Family & Parenting | Parenting

20+ Reasons Why Kids Can’t Be Left Alone With Their Dads

As Spiderman's Uncle Ben once famously said, "with great power comes great responsibility," and few responsibilities are greater than that of being a father.

This is really funny.

Family & Parenting | Parenting

A Letter of Gratitude to Stay-at-Home Moms

Dear Stay-at-Home Moms, I want to start off by saying I'm sorry -- sorry if I have ever judged you, if I have ever talked negatively about you. Sorry that I have never truly seen how hard you wo...

Family & Parenting | Parenting

The collapse of parenting: Why it’s time for parents to grow up

If anyone can be called the boss in a world of modern, anti-hierarchical parenting, it’s the children.

Family & Parenting | Kids

Baby born size of an apple defies odds to survive

Baby Saybie was given just hours to live when she was born weighing just 245g (8.6oz) in San Diego.

The obvious thought that this ought to provoke is, why would this little baby not have been considered a baby by some just because she remained in her mother’s womb?

Family & Parenting | Kids

Do I Have To Feed My Baby Cereal & Other Recommended Foods? Experts Explain

When it comes to what to feed your baby, and when, there are plenty of opinions out there. Of course, most parents stick to the newborn to 1-year-old feeding guidelines set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). However, parents with…

Family & Parenting | Kids

This Utah Elementary School Has a Book Vending Machine to Foster a Love of Reading

Granger Elementary in West Valley City, Utah, just installed a vending machine that dispenses books instead of potato chips.

Family & Parenting | Kids

4 Tips for the Single Working Mom

A single mother herself, this contributor starts out with the tip, 'You're not alone.'

Family & Parenting | Kids

North Carolina boy ‘hung out with a bear’ while lost in woods

The 3-year-old North Carolina boy who was found safe after spending two days lost in the woods told his family that he “hung out with a bear” during the ordeal. Casey Hathaway’s a…

Is he telling the truth? Only the little guy knows.

History | History

8 Amazing Things Discovered During the Expansion of the London Underground

Europe’s largest engineering project uncovered countless historic treasures, ranging from bones to Tudor bowling balls.

History | History

Men who say they found Nazi treasure train reveal new details

Two men who claim to have located a Nazi train laden with treasure that reportedly went missing in the last days of World War II came forward Friday in a Polish television interview and disclosed new details of their alleged feat.

History | History

Izola Ware Curry, Who Stabbed King in 1958, Dies at 98 - NYTimes.com

In 1958, she stabbed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a Harlem book signing — an episode that a decade later would become a rhetorical touchstone in the last oration of his life.

This can almost make you cry: “Dear Dr. King,” it read. “I am a ninth-grade student at the White Plains High School. While it should not matter, I would like to mention that I’m a white girl. I read in the paper of your misfortune, and of your suffering. And I read that if you had sneezed, you would have died. And I’m simply writing you to say that I’m so happy that you didn’t sneeze.”

History | History

'Dirty Old London': A History Of The Victorians' Infamous Filth : NPR

In the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with human sewage and the streets were covered with horse dung, the removal of which, according to Lee Jackson, presented an "impossible challenge."

I have always been fascinated with anything Victorian. This doesn't change that-despite some of the grossness!

History | History

George III 'eccentric' drawing discovered hidden in British Library - Telegraph

An eccentric architectural plan thought to have been drawn by George III during his period of 'madness' was found hidden in a volume

I was always a history nerd, and I still love stuff like this!

Health & Fitness | Workouts!

Simple and Free Workout | Men's Health

I have moved a few times in my life. Dragging fitness equipment over multiple state lines is very expensive and can be a royal pain. Through the years, I have bought and re-bought several Olympic bars, collections of smaller weights, and a ton of other pieces of equipment. While my home gym is still a collection of odds and ends, my favorite training tool is still free.

My husband showed me this and I think it is really useful!

Health & Fitness | Workouts!

The 'I'm Too Busy to Work Out' Workout

Too busy to burn calories? Try this once-a-week 20-minute workout routine that will preserve stamina and build muscle in no time

Miscellaneous | Other Stories

This Is What Millions of Monarch Butterflies Sound Like | Mental Floss

If you want to see and hear tens of millions of butterflies, visit Michoacán, Mexico—or just watch this video instead.

Miscellaneous | Other Stories

Why are there so many butterflies in Southern California right now? – Pasadena Star News

The large movement of small, Painted Lady butterflies may continue for about a month.

Miscellaneous | Other Stories

This Week's Best Amazon Deals You Can Still Get

As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, August 20.

Miscellaneous | Other Stories

15 Things You Should Never Buy at the Grocery Store

Beware of commonly overpriced items masquerading as deals. 

Miscellaneous | Other Stories

17 Totally Underrated Places To Shop For Clothes Online

Shopping gems...here are never enough of the. Are there?

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

Cool ways to skip the air conditioning and still keep your home chill

There are many ways to keep your space cool without relying on energy-sucking air conditioning to do the job. Here are 8 ways to cool off without AC this summer.

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

This is What Gives the Mr Clean Magic Eraser Its Superpowers | Kitchn

What exactly is the Mr Clean Magic Eraser made of? And why is it so darn good at cleaning? We got the answers!

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

17 Handy Hints that Make Doing the Laundry Less of a Hassle

It's laundry day again! It might not be your favorite day, but these hacks will help you out.

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

18 Products To Solve All Your Little Annoyances At Work

Okay, *most* annoyances. You're stuck with Kevin from accounting.

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

This couple converted an old school bus into a stunning tiny home

Where some might see a broken-down school bus, Kai and Julie saw opportunity. Find out how this couple turned an old school bus into a stunning tiny house.

News | Education News

Kindergarten Teacher Talks Quitting Job in Controversial Post: My Mental 'Health Was in Jeopardy'

Jessica Gentry says she loves children, but had to leave the profession for the sake of her mental and physical health

News | Education News

California community colleges board approves 15 pilot bachelor’s degrees | The Sacramento Bee

Under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last fall, California community colleges will soon have pilot baccalaureate programs in fields such as dental hygiene and mortuary science.

I have mixed feelings about this.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Can Watching Friends Help Ease Your Anxiety? One Psychologist Says Yes | Mental Floss

But it's not just 'Friends' that could do the trick, according to clinical psychologist Marc Hekster. 'The Big Bang Theory' can also help reduce your anxiety.

Entertainment | Entertainment

'Jeopardy!' star James Holzhauer shoots down one of so many conspiracy theories after loss

James Holzhauer's run on Jeopardy is over, but viewers of the game show have just started busting out conspiracy theories.

Entertainment | Entertainment

What you missed on ABC's live version of 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' - CNN

Timeless is the word that comes to mind when watching modern-day actors read words Norman Lear and his staff of television writers penned 45 years ago.

I LOVED it!

Entertainment | Entertainment

Disney Is Opening the Vault for Its New Streaming Service | Mental Floss

All 34 animated movies in the Disney Vault will be available in one place for the first time after Disney Plus launches this year.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Sony Admits: We Released Fake Michael Jackson Songs

Its 2010 releases weren't from the King of Pop, but rather an impersonator.

Travel | Travel

8 Crafty Ways to Make Your Hotel Room Feel Like Home | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Travel | Travel

23 Cruise Tips That Will Change the Way You Cruise | Orbitz.com

There's a reason the cruise world has its army of dedicated followers who spend as many of their vacation days as possible plying the seas. The whole experience is relatively stress free, with planned meals, excursions and onboard entertainment.

Travel | Travel

Scientists create 360-degree images of Hawaii coral reefs

HONOLULU (AP) — Alongside the lush and steep windward coast of the Hawaii island of Oahu researchers are creating images of coral reefs that are in danger of dying because of warm ocean waters.

Travel | Travel

Overlooked Cities in Europe to Add to Your Travel List | College Tourist

We've all dreamed of going to the most photographed cities in Europe like Paris, London, Prague, Venice, and Rome (guilty as charged), but the truth is that the European continent has so many hidden gems that are equally worth a visit.

We're really hoping to go back to Europe one day.

Travel | Travel

The Wonders of the Last Minute Family Escape | Findery

My family took a trip down to Los Angeles that was almost completely unplanned. In the middle of the busy work days leading up to our departure, I barely managed to book a hotel and had to leave everything else up to chance.

Family vacations are the best :-) (even when they are at the last minute)!

Pets & Animals | Animals

Winky the Bichon Frise does the Westminster agility contest at a leisurely pace, is our hero

Winky the Bichon Frise stole the show at Westminster's agility contest.

Pets & Animals | Animals

Dog With A Broken Spine, Cut-Off Legs Finds New Home, Thanks To Facebook

It was something about that face.

A lucky dog named Scooter has a new life and a new set of wheels, thanks to a chance Facebook post, some generous strangers and a face you can't help but love.

Pets & Animals | Animals

Thieving rabbit steals cracker right out of a baby's hand

A cute baby learns that rabbits like crackers -- the hard way.

I never heard of Mashable until I joined Moptwo. I had no idea until today that they had cute stories like this one!

Health & Fitness | Health & Wellness

Where Does Fat Go When We Lose It? The Answer Will Blow Your Mind

This may seem like a silly question, but it's one we've all pondered at least a few times along our weight-loss journeys. Where does the fat go when we lose

Health & Fitness | Health & Wellness

Sorry, Barflies: Dry January Isn't a Fix For Heavy Drinking

There's no conclusive evidence that Dry January yields long-lasting benefits.

Health & Fitness | Health & Wellness

13 Sleep Lessons From A Landmark British Sleep Report

New findings reveal alarming data about Britons' sleep and this group of experts is calling for change.

Travel | Travel

American Cities With European Culture - U.S. Cities That Look Like Europe

All of these cities in the United States feel like they're more European than American.

Recipes | Recipes

Tuna Pasta with Capers in White Wine Sauce | SimplyRecipes.com

Pasta served with a sauce made with oil-packed canned tuna, onions, capers, white wine, and parsley.

Recipes | Recipes

24 Old-School Recipes Your Italian Grandma Used to Make - PureWow

When we?re in the mood for real Italian cooking, we blast the Sinatra, open a bottle of Chianti and turn to these recipes.

Recipes | Recipes

Easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe | She Wears Many Hats

Nothing says comfort like delicious homemade Chicken and Dumplings does. This quick and easy recipe uses roasted chicken and is topped with dill dumplings.

Recipes | Recipes

This Delicious Beef Stew Is The Perfect Recipe For Those Chilly Evenings!

This beef stew is the real deal - seared meat, sautéed veggies, and our secret sauce, all roasting in a dutch oven!

Recipes | Recipes

This Is the Pioneer Woman's Go-To Weeknight Dinner Recipe

Winner winner, chicken dinner?

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

How to Tell if Your Stainless Steel Pan is Hot Enough Without a Thermometer

Stainless steel pans are kitchen workhorses, but they have an ever so slight learning curve, particularly when it comes to searing food without it sticking. Letting the pan get nice and hot before even adding the oil is key, but determining the temperatur

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

American Eating Habits Are Changing Faster than Fast Food Can Keep Up

Home cooking would be making a comeback if it ever really went away.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

The Grocery Store Coffee Taste Test: We Tried 15 Brands and Ranked Them

Looking for the perfect cup? We've got your back.

Style & Fashion | Style & Fashion

15 Old-Fashioned Hats Ready for a Comeback

Bring them back!