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• When building green harms the environment
Though if you've got a flair for design and carpentry, you might want to refashion what wood or metals you're throwing away. As anyone who's ever been to an artisanal furniture store can attest, old barn doors and rafters are converted into high-cost ...
• The invitation: That envelope sets the stage
A trendy and costly invite may be made of an exotic material such as leather, Lucite or metals and shipped in a hand-made enclosure. On average, invites cost $4-9 at Crane’s, says Hopkins. A classic invite with a border or ribbon costs about $10 ...
• Cosmic Log: How much is that in Apollos?
The Mint estimated it costs 1.23 cents per penny and 5.73 cents per nickel in fiscal year 2006 (USA Today) because of the skyrocketing metals prices. The cost to melt and separate the metals in the pennys and nickels is the only reason that this is ...
• Opinion: 'Panacea' cells revive ancient hopes
In the Middle Ages, the alchemists believed someday they’d find a magical tool that could transmute lead into gold, metals into medicines and plants and animal tissues into powerful elixirs — a panacea that would cure all diseases and prolong ...
• Hard-up Columbus settlers sought silver lining
The goal of the expedition was to locate and exploit ores of precious metals, but the settlers at La Isabela did not find any significant gold- or silver-bearing ores in the vicinity of the town," Thibodeau told LiveScience. La Isabela was ...