Imagine standing in front of a fridge stocked with produce, dairy, meat, plus dozens of condiment jars. Now take a quarter of that food out and bury it. That might sound ridiculous, yet that's what happens all across the country: more than one-fourth of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in a landfill. According to ReFED, a national coalition that analyzes the economics of food waste, 62 million tons of food is wasted in the U.S. each year—nearly a pound per person, every day, filling over 2

Ready to shake off the post-holiday doldrums with a fresh workout routine? Fitness aficionados across the country rave about barre studios: the positive atmosphere and community, the personal attention, and most of all, the results. Barre fitness studios combine ballet, yoga and Pilates, with an emphasis on proper alignment from head to toes. The exercises involve a ballet barre, resistance bands or light weights, and every session works both small and large muscles groups. The precise, isometr

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A Thanksgiving Education at the National Museum of the American Indian

We hoisted the bikes, one by one, up to Russ, our shuttle driver. He staggered them across the roof racks of the 12-person van, while the rest of our group double-checked their gear: helmets, gloves, hydration packs filled with energy bars, maps, extra windbreakers, spare tubes and patches, CO cartridges and first aid kits. What started off sounding like a day of recreational biking now resembled a covert military operation, and we wondered what exactly we had gotten ourselves into. Riding the

A wave of bee killing phenomena has swept the country in recent years and has been dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder.

A product review of winter boot options for dogs.