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MORE GREAT STUFF LIKE THE STORIES IN THIS ISSUE

LIFE • YOUR EXPERT TOOLBOX FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT MATTERS

INSTALL A HOME WATER SOFTENER IN 4 STEPS

DOES MY HOUSE HAVE HARD WATER?

DO THIS TO YOUR CEILING FANS TO SAVE MONEY

“BURP” YOUR HOUSE EVERY DAY

ADJUST YOUR SPEAKER’S EQ FOR BETTER SOUND

RESPECT THE TABLE SAW WHILE MAKING CROSSCUTS

THE SELF-CLEANING ERUPTION OF HUNGA TONGA—HUNGA HA‘APAI

ANCIENT TOOLS

A Clone of a Clone of a Clone

The Notes of Galileo

A Huge Christian Monastery

Overturning a Scientific Law

The Tragic Fate of the H.L. Hunley

The Arrow of Time

ANCIENT COINS

Vanished Populations

Record-Breaking Bees

AMERICA’S NEXT CATASTROPHIC INDUSTRIAL DISASTER MAY ALREADY BE UNDERWAY • As fiercer storms collide with an aging industrial system, a unique kind of catastrophe is becoming more commonplace—and no one, it seems, is fully prepared to stop it.

GOT LEAVES? WE GOT YOU! • THE POPMECH GUIDE TO FALL YARD CLEANUP

10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT LEAVES • (AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM)

FIND THE PERFECT LEAF MACHINE FOR ANY PROJECT

HOW TO BUY THE RIGHT MACHINE FOR YOUR NEEDS

LET’S CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS…

RAKING 101

THE QUANTUM THEORY OF YOU • Deep inside your cells, microscopic structures could be hiding one of humanity’s greatest secrets: the source of your consciousness.

HOW TO FIX YOUR BASEMENT INSULATION • → Plug the leaks that let cold air in—and keep more money in your pocket this winter.

OPERATION COWBOY • On the brink of Germany’s surrender during World War II, American cavalrymen agreed to join forces with the enemy to rescue hundreds of priceless horses from the Soviet army—and possible extinction.

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