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Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo) Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo)

The Future of Soda: Prebiotic Pepsi and Cane Sugar Coke

An updated look at Pepsi Prebiotic Cola, cane-sugar Coca-Cola and the labels behind the marketing, with a homemade lavender soda recipe and a sommelier’s perspective.

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Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo) Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo)

Why Do Stars Twinkle?

From the Four Seasons skyline to the night sky, explore why stars and distant city lights twinkle, why planets look steadier, and what changing air does to light.

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Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo) Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo)

The Cursed Mummy Who Sank a Ship (Or So the Newspapers Said)

The mummy blamed for Titanic wasn’t aboard the ship—and wasn’t a mummy. Follow the painted funerary board, the journalist and the headlines that gave a museum object an impossible voyage.

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Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo) Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo)

When the Moon Wobbles: Tides of 2030

The Moon isn’t malfunctioning, and 2030 isn’t a universal flood deadline. Here’s how a predictable lunar cycle meets rising seas—and why the next high tide deserves a local forecast.

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Travel Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo) Travel Michele Edington (formerly Michele Gargiulo)

Why We Need Vacations: The Art of Stepping Away

I started writing this on a beach with my husband and family, which probably makes me biased. Then I looked into what taking a vacation actually does for us, and now I have research to go with my opinion.

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