By Blake Neff Free soda refills may be a glorious tradition in the United States, but across the pond, in France, they could soon be illegal. In a bid to curb the country’s rising obesity rate, the French parliament nearly-unanimously voted on April 1 to ban all free refills on sugary drinks. The ban, which…

by Julie Borowski Robin Speronis lives off the grid in Florida. Her home isn’t connected to water, sewage, or the electrical grid. She has solar panels for electricity and collects rainwater for bathing, drinking, and sewage. For a few years, her self-sufficient lifestyle seemed to be working out for her. That was until she gave an…