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Ways to Use Vinegar and Baking Soda to Clean Every Room in Your Home Recipes and step-by-step instructions. If you want to cut down on the number of chemical-filled cleaners in your house but you still want to keep everything clean, the combination of vinegar and baking soda is a great eco-friendly alternative for removing stains and smells. The chemical reaction between alkaline baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and acidic vinegar creates carbon dioxide bubbles that help lift away stubborn dirt. Explore  Easy recipes using vinegar and baking soda to clean all sorts of messes around your house. Tips for Using Vinegar and Baking Soda to Clean Mix a fresh batch each time you need it and use it right away. The best type of vinegar to use is distilled white vinegar.  There are no dangerous fumes released from mixing baking soda and vinegar, but you may want to stand back as the reaction does release carbon dioxide. Drain Cleaner This mixture can be used to refresh a stinky drain and clear m

How to Clean Brass Naturally You don't need strong chemicals to regain that warm glow. Made from a combination of zinc and copper, brass is an ancient and popular metal found in cookware, jewelry, musical instruments (brass band, anyone?), and home decorative objects. If your house is of a certain age, many of your doorknobs may be brass—a bonus because of their natural antimicrobial properties. Cleaning Brass-Plated Items and Lacquered Brass Like the metals from which it is made, brass also tarnishes easily. What is the best way to clean brass? First, you need to determine if your item is, in fact, made of brass. Hold a magnet to your item. If it sticks, the item is not brass, but most likely brass-plated. Use only water and mild detergent to clean brass-plated items, as anything more abrasive could damage the plating. If you have a tarnished or dirty brass piece that needs cleaning, how you do so depends on whether it is lacquered—i.e. coated with a protective glossy finish—or no

Things to Never Put in Your Garbage Disposal The garbage disposal is a handy kitchen appliance, whisking away food scraps and making cleanup a little easier. But not every scrap of food can go into the disposal. Some foods will damage it. Other foods may make it through the disposal just fine, but they could end up clogging or damaging your pipes. Before you clean up after your next meal, make sure you know about the foods that shouldn't go in the garbage disposal, and a few others that may make you proceed with caution before throwing them in. Definitely not Never put these foods in your garbage disposal because they can damage it or cause your drain to clog. Bones: Very small bones like fish bones may be OK in a garbage disposal, but most bones will be a problem. They are very difficult to grind, and Consumer Reports says that even if they are ground up, they can end up in the bottom of some pipes, causing a potential blockage. Onion: This one is very specific. The papery outer

How Automated Robotic Equipment Will Improve Your Business Automation through robotic equipment has become a trending solution as businesses look for more efficient ways to operate. The newest devices are efficient and reliable and can save companies a lot of time and money. From manufacturing to healthcare, companies worldwide are implementing their own equipment to help streamline operations. If you’re a business owner looking to improve operations and take sales to the next level, automated robotic equipment might be the solution you need. Improved Efficiency and Accuracy There are various applications for small industrial robots that offer improved efficiency and accuracy. They can perform repetitive tasks with precision and can work 24/7 without breaks, ensuring your production process doesn’t slow down while eliminating human error. With automated robotics, you can increase the amount of work your business completes, which ultimately leads to higher profits. Safety Workplace inju

Can eLearning and Technology Accelerate Degree Completion for Students? eLearning used to come with a stigma attached. At best online colleges were viewed with suspicion. At worst, they were considered scams. Obviously, that has changed considerably over the last few years. Even before Covid, many schools all across the country were building out their electronic resources.  The pandemic accelerated that process considerably. Now, students all over the country are using hybridized schedules, taking some classes online and others in person. For better or for worse, this development is here, probably to stay.  In this article, we take a look at the broader implications of e-learning. Does it accelerate degree completion, or hinder it?  eLearning is Often More Practical One of the main reasons that students do well under an elearning curriculum is that it is more accessible than traditional brick-and-mortar education. With in-person learning, you are bound to a very particular schedule. Cl

Unexpected Industries Where AI is Making an Impact Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a sci-fi idea. It’s become a household concept in recent years, with numerous advancements and innovations being made in its technology.  Most people associate AI with industries like technology, finance, or manufacturing. However, AI has been making waves in several unexpected industries as well, and the results have been nothing short of remarkable. This article will explore how AI impacts unexpected industries like healthcare, insurance, and property management. Healthcare and Medical Industries The medical industry has been revolutionized by integrating AI across the industry as a whole. There are so many ways that AI is changing healthcare, including the development of new treatments, diagnosing diseases, and improving patient care.  AI algorithms can analyze patient data to recognize patterns that can lead to the early detection of diseases. Incredibly enough, equipment manufacturers

The Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative Says Nuclear Hydrogen Is a Critical Climate Solution We have seen this movie before and we didn't like the ending. More than 40 global participants announced the formation of the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, which is described as "a coalition working to advance nuclear hydrogen as a critical climate solution." A statement said: "The initiative will engage policymakers, businesses, investors, and other key stakeholders to raise awareness of the important role nuclear hydrogen can play in delivering carbon-free, secure and affordable energy." "We envision our nuclear plants becoming versatile clean energy centers that not only generate 24/7 carbon-free electricity for the grid, but also bring together clean hydrogen, renewables and other new and emerging technologies to power every corner of our economy," said Colleen Wright, vice president of Corporate Strategy for Constellation, the largest American nuclear operator with

Coca-Cola Trials Paper Bottles in Hungary The goal is to avoid plastic and be easily recyclable. Coca-Cola is far from being a role model for sustainable design, but it is doing something interesting in Europe right now. A partnership with the Paper Bottle Company (Paboco) of Denmark has resulted in a unique, mostly-paper bottle that will be able to hold carbonated beverages without exploding from the pressure or losing fizziness.  The goal is to create a fully-recyclable, plastic-free bottle that won't let gas escape, nor affect the flavor of the drink in any way, and after seven years of development, a version is ready for commercial trial. Customers in Hungary will receive their online grocery orders of AdeZ, a dairy-free fruit smoothie, in these paper bottles, and both Coca-Cola and Paboco will be watching closely to see what they think.  Michael Michelson is the commercial manager at Paboco. He told BBC that the bottles are made from a single, seamless piece of paper fiber to

What to Do if You See a Turtle on the Road Turtles are among the most threatened groups of vertebrate animals on earth—and too many are dying on our roads. As the weather warms up, turtles and tortoises are on the move. Especially females, who may be looking for a place to nest—and unfortunately, that place may very well be on the other side of a road. In some areas, turtle habitats are entirely boxed in by roads, meaning that these creatures are at an even higher risk of a vehicle collision. "Because turtles are long-lived species that mature slowly and have fairly low reproductive outputs, the survival and longevity of adults, especially females, is critical to the survival of populations," explains Kiley Briggs at The Oreanne Society. "So the fact that roadkill disproportionately affects mature females means that for some populations, only losing a few turtles per year due to vehicle strikes can tilt the balance toward gradual extirpation (localized extinction)."

5 Reasons Why the James Webb Space Telescope Is Such a Big Deal Many scientists believe there's another planet like Earth somewhere in the universe, and the search to find it is underway. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is be more powerful than its predecessors and will be able to see further into space to discover distant planets in far-off galaxies. It will even give us the tools to search for indications of an atmosphere that could sustain life. Its current mission launched into space on December 25, 2021. There are certainly larger Earth-bound telescopes, but as its name implies, the JWST will roam above the atmosphere, providing more powerful unobstructed views of the heavens than even the historic Hubble Space Telescope could offer. Funded by NASA in conjunction with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the infrared Webb telescope weighs 6 metric tons and will orbit 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. It boasts many new technological advan

Black Holes Power Some of the Brightest Objects in the Universe, So Why Is Ours So Calm? Despite their reputation as all-consuming voids of darkness, it might come as a surprise to learn that black holes are responsible for the brightest known phenomena in the universe. This remarkable contrast is possible because of the violent forces that black holes generate, ripping apart all matter that approaches and turning gas clouds into searing beacons of light. Sometimes, as shown in the animation below from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, these light shows can be on an order of magnitude that's difficult to comprehend. On July 31, 2019, NASA's Spitzer telescope captured an orbital clash between two black holes that generated an explosion of light brighter than that of a trillion stars or more than twice the brightness of our own Milky Way galaxy! A hungry cosmic furnace Black holes are capable of generating these light shows due to the way they wreak havoc on everything that d