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Money management: Five steps to improve it in your marriage

Men may be from Mars, and women from Venus – as the 1992 best-seller put it – but we deal with money matters on planet Earth. When a spender marries a penny pincher and they don't talk about managing money, it can strain a marriage. Of all the common things couples fight about, money disputes are the best harbingers of divorce, according to a study at Utah State University. Make it a goal this year to improve the money management in your home by opening up the channels of communication. Here are five steps to get you started:

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How genetically engineered caterpillars spin silk stronger than steel

A research team has genetically altered silkworms to spin spider silk proteins, resulting in a fiber that is stronger than steel that can also be mass produced.
Money management: Five steps to improve it in your marriage

Men may be from Mars, and women from Venus – as the 1992 best-seller put it – but we deal with money matters on planet Earth. When a spender marries a penny pincher and they don't talk about managing money, it can strain a marriage. Of all the common things couples fight about, money disputes are the best harbingers of divorce, according to a study at Utah State University. Make it a goal this year to improve the money management in your home by opening up the channels of communication. Here are five steps to get you started:
Quartz could hold key to explaining earthquakes

Why do some areas of the earth's crust repeatedly swell and crack, while others don't? The answer is in the quartz, a new study suggests.
Happy Valentine's Day! Let's balance the checkbook.

Don't let money ruin your Valentine's Day. Couples find ways to talk about money without ruining the romance.
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Utah going gold?

Is Utah moving towards a gold standard? Medals from the 2002 Olympics might become currency.
Ronnie Lee Gardner: Is Utah firing squad a more humane execution?

Ronnie Lee Gardner, who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in Utah just past midnight local time Friday, raises questions about the relative humaneness of methods of execution.
Ronnie Lee Gardner to face Utah firing squad, barring 11th hour stay

Ronnie Lee Gardner, the condemned killer from Utah, will face a firing squad shortly after midnight.
Jaguars and how they hunt: Scientists equip jaguars with GPS collars

Jaguars do some serious damage to cattle herds according to a new scientific study.
Sky over Australia to be lit up by returning asteroid probe

The Hayabusa probe was launched by Japan in 2003.
Need privacy? Grow some with a living fence.

Living fences provide privacy, promote biodiversity, and outlast traditional wooden barriers.
Prehistoric Indian drawings to be protected in Utah canyon

Natural gas company, state conservation agencies, and tribal leaders come to an agreement to protect prehistoric art treasures in Utah's Nine Mile Canyon.
Invasion of the grasshoppers

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers make gardening and farming more difficult in parts of Utah.
Can America’s West stay wild?

Policy on vast public lands has favored ranchers. Demographics and economics may alter that equation now.
Alligator hunts raise questions in South's swamps

They're part of population control, but are public hunts ethical?
An artificial flood does good in the Grand Canyon

Researchers hope controlled high flows from Glen Canyon Dam will help restore natural habitat.
How green is that product?

An increasing number of consumers want ‘green’ products for their homes. How to determine which ones are and which ones claim to be but aren’t?