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Canning: In Pursuit of the Perfect Pickle

By Lisa McLaughlin

The old-fashioned practices of at-home canning, pickling and preserving are all the rage these days, with famous foodies and young urban hipsters

Scientists: 1 in 4 Mammals Faces Extinction

By AP / RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

Conservationists have taken the first detailed look at the world's mammals in more than a decade, and the news isn't good

Europeans Share Nobel Medicine Prize

By AP/KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE

Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer

Doctors: No Hamsters or Exotic Pets for Young Kids

By AP / LINDSEY TANNER

Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease

Can Reading Help Kids Lose Weight?

By Alice Park

Reading a book may not burn many calories, but the right material may help kids shed pounds

Salmonella Outbreak Spreads to 12 States

By AP

The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning

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The Snore Wars

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Plants in Action: Verterra Dishware

Fallen leaves and steam are the unlikely ingredients of a remarkable brand of disposable plates and bowls. TIME photographer Namas Bhojani explores the process that may change your next picnic

Photos: Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible

What are fruits, and why do they exist? Seed bank morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy and visual artist, Rob Kesseler, reveal the answers in a spectacular new book of botanical architecture.