Though meant, as a concept, to relieve mothers of the pressure to be perfect, the promotion, even half-seriously, of alcohol as an escape, something deserved as a reward for a long day of parenting, has helped make evident the biggest issue of all: That many women don't realize what problem drinking looks, or feels, like.

CNN: Why are more women drinking?

The concept of vertical farming is not new - the phrase was first coined by Gilbert Ellis Bailey in 1915 as pressure increased on already limited farmland - and involves growing produce either in a skyscraper greenhouse, or in this case, a tower.

BBC: The technology that's transforming gardening

This week there was talk that Grover Norquist mooted the concept of swapping a carbon tax for a reduced income tax, a position he summarily reversed the following day under pressure from the energy lobby.

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