Garden State Home Show coming to Franklin

This kitchen designed by specialist Nancy Lake of Kitchens by Nancy in Somerville is among those that will be featured at the 23rd annual Garden State Home Show from Friday to Sunday Feb. 10 to 12 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in the Somerset section of Franklin.

City REACHes out to Indianhead/Lehigh

By Elizabeth M. Mack Democrat staff writer -- When the city's utility crew came into Sandy Neibert's Indian Head home to make energy-saving repairs, she said, it seemed almost too good to be true — but it was.

City REACHes out to Indianhead/Lehigh neighborhood

By Elizabeth M. Mack Democrat staff writer -- When the city's utility crew came into Sandy Neibert's Indian Head home to make energy-saving repairs, she said, it seemed almost too good to be true - but it was.

Cleaning filters: Someone's gotta do it

Nobody likes to think about changing or cleaning out filters for the numerous household systems and units, but someone's gotta do it. If Mike Rowe of Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" can do some of the things he's tackled, we should be able to clean out our filters with little distress. For starters...

Biolab scheduled to begin operating in February

Inside Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, the facility is equipped with iris scanners, airtight decontamination showers and space suits, all designed to ensure the utmost safety and security within the controversial building. These devices are a sample of several precautions taken within the 193,000-square foot, seven-story facility that houses BU’s newest ...

Tips and tricks to beat cedar fever this winter

Tips and tricks to beat cedar fever this winter Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 01:32 p.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Beginning mid-December and running through mid-February, South and Central Texas begins to experience a significant increase in pollen count as cedar trees across ...

Fears of mutant virus escape halt bird flu study

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird flu virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab. In a letter published in the journals Nature and Science on Friday, 39 scientists defended the research as crucial to ...

Artist Alyssa Monks Lectures On Painting

"Your paintings are very ambitious," teachers of Alyssa Monks, a contemporary figurative painter from Brooklyn, N.Y., would say throughout her college career.

13 Things Your Housecleaner Won't Tell You

The First in a Series of Cool and Useful Features With Reader's Digest

Venus to Dance Across Sun in Rare June Skywatching Treat

AUSTIN, Texas — This year, skywatchers will have the chance to see an astronomical event so rare that it will not occur again for another 105 years: the shadowy passage of Venus across the face of the sun.