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How Much Coal Is Required to Run a 100-watt Light Bulb 24 hours a Day for a Year?
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Where electricity is produced from a coal fired power station, how much coal is required to run a 100-watt light bulb 24 hours a day for one year?
10 Greenhouses Around the World
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Greenhouses around the world great the ideal growing solution anywhere. Check out these top 10 greenhouses around the world.
How a Nuclear Reactor Works
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Over the years, nuclear reactors have been viewed as both a miracle and a menace. How does a nuclear reactor do its job? And what happens when something goes wrong?
What % Green Thumb Are You?
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Are you great with plants, or do they wilt when you walk by? Answer our questions about your gardening prowess, and we'll let you know how much of a green thumb you have. We promise to speak to you nicely!
Alpha, Beta or Gamma? It's the Nuclear Radiation Quiz
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We live in a radioactive world, and we're not just talking about the times when a nuclear plant is melting down and scaring the heck out of us. How much do you know about the ABGs (or alphas, betas and gammas) of nuclear radiation?
The Fungi Amongi Are the Great Decomposers
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Fungi are extremely diverse organisms with a penchant for dead things. HowStuffWorks gets to know them.
10 Hardest Vegetables to Grow and Maintain
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Are you wondering what the hardest vegetables to grow and maintain are? Check out our 10 hardest vegetables to grow and hardest vegetables to maintain.
Organic Pest Control for a Vegetable Garden
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Organic pest control can include paper collars and crop rotation to keep the pests away. Learn all about organic pest control for your vegetable garden.
If We Show You a Fossil, Can You Figure Out What Living Thing It Used to Be?
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Don't let those incredible dinosaur skeletons in the museum fool you -- the fossils of living things don't always look exactly like that person, plant or animal did while alive. See how many you can identify with this quiz!
Why Don't You Ever See Square Vegetables?
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At least not in nature. Scientists have discovered the two gene families that play key roles in making fruits and vegetables either round or long. Could a square fruit be on the horizon?