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This deadly disease could destroy your spring blooms – expert advice for how to combat tulip fire and prevent it from ever coming back
Tulip fire is a fungal disease caused by the pathogen Botrytis tulipae that attacks and eventually destroys all parts of the ...
The New Yorker13d
How the Capybara Won My Heart—and Almost Everyone Else’s
It’s not hard to understand why capys have a cultlike following on Instagram and TikTok. I fell for the giant rodent decades ...
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50 Foods That Start With The Letter K
Kabocha squash, also known as Japanese pumpkin, is a winter squash with a sweet ... This drink is traditionally made with black or green tea and sugar. It also contains antioxidants and can be a ...
Pew Research Center18d
Key facts about the U.S. Black population
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.
Bloomberg L.P.18d
World’s No. 2 Citrus Exporter South Africa Detects Bud Rot
Officials in South Africa, the world’s biggest exporter of citrus after Spain, discovered bud rot in commercial papaya orchards in two provinces and warned farmers to exercise caution when ...
Indiatimes20d
What is ‘Brain Rot’? 5 habits that will prevent it
Brain rot is a colloquial term that describes mental and cognitive decline. The Oxford University Press, where it was also named as the word of the year 2024, describes it as “the supposed ...
The Conversation23d
David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture
“There’s a sort of evil out there,” says Sheriff Truman in an episode of David Lynch’s iconic TV series, “Twin Peaks.” That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose ...
EdSurge25d
Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School
I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching ...
The Atlantic28d
The Case for Brain Rot
It’s the way that podcast hosts talk in my ear. I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all the time. I’ve also seen strangers do it.