Home heating for cheapskates

Want to save money and not freeze this winter?  Here's how...
http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2014/11/28/the-cheapskates-guide-to-home-heating

Cavedigger

What Ra Paulette does with caves in the New Mexico desert blows my mind.  It's engineering and architecture and artistry all rolled into one.

Here's a bit about his work:
http://www.thisblewmymind.com/they-walk-into-an-opening-in-the-hillside-what-they-see-breathtaking/#_

Origami solar arrays in space

Origami?  In space?  That's right:  NASA is partnering with engineers to design collapsible solar arrays to be deployed in space.  Here's a polynomial optimization project for your high school math students using this theme.

Why you should worry about neonics

Disturbing news for people who eat.

Stick built.

What happens when you discover the shockingly high price of the wire fencing you'd planned to use to trellis your vines?  You improvise.

Chicken pocket pies

This is my new favorite pie recipe, and that's saying a lot for somebody with such a strong sweet tooth as myself!  It's like a chicken pot pie without the mess.