ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A contributing editor at Outside and Runner's World magazines, Christopher Solomon is a freelance writer based in Seattle, WA. A former reporter for The Seattle Times, he writes regularly for The New York Times and Scientific American. His work has been selected to appear three times in the anthology The Best American Travel Writing, once in The Best American Sports Writing, and twice in The Best American Science & Nature Writing. Christopher Solomon on Twitter
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Furnace not performing up to snuff this winter? Before you call in a furnace repair company, go through these 9 troubleshooting tasks to see if you can uncover the problem yourself.
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Now that winter's nearly here, it's time for a pop quiz: You wake up in the morning and there's ice on the dog's water dish. What do you do?If you had trouble with that one, it's time for...
