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Monday night football games usually aren’t considered crazy events, but two environmental activists made sure that the Nov. 2 game between the Carolina Panthers and the Indianapolis Colts was out of the ordinary. The activists rappelled from the press box at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and proceeded to unfurl a…

Many homes across North America come equipped with basements, those beloved underground spaces that can be used for storage, recreation and many other possibilities. Unfortunately, these basements can sometimes be more of a pain than they’re worth. It’s estimated that over 98% of homes with basements will incur some amount of water damage, which can…

YouTube has announced a new service: YouTube Red. For just $10 a month, users don’t have to deal with ads, they can save videos offline, and they even continue listening to a YouTube video in the background while they do other things on their mobile devices. The ad-free component launches the last week of October,…

The Internet is a dark, mysterious place. Google has indexed a staggering 200 Terabytes worth of its data — 204,800 gigs — and has only just scratched the surface, indexing a mere 0.004% of the total web. It’s out of this ominous, labyrinthine network that a creepy puzzle has emerged. It all started when tech…

A panel in Illinois has voted to recommend medical marijuana use for more ailments. The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board is now recommending it for post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, osteoarthritis irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic pain, the latter of which affects 1.5 billion people worldwide. The board also voted to add chronic pain syndrome, chronic postoperative…

By definition, sleep apnea is a disorder that leads to continual pauses and disruptions in breathing while sleeping. One of the most common kinds of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder that affects approximately 25 million adults in the United States. An individual with OSA may experience up to 60 sleep disruptions,…

Environmental conservation is increasingly gaining traction in the public’s eye due to the more apparent effects it’s having on people’s surroundings. Some people may simply be feeling the rising temperatures during the summers and in their homes. Just between 1993 and 2005, temperatures increased so much that the energy consumed by the average residential air…

While 27% of new home sales are members of Generation X moving in, Trevor Noah, new host of “The Daily Show,” showed the world that Generation X was actually moving out. According to a recent story from Salon, Noah’s debut on “The Daily Show” had many memorable moments, most of which put heavy emphasis on…