Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

Whether you love or hate dandelions, they're blooming in Michigan. Here's what to do with them and reasons you might want to ...

A TOWERING mountain that rises suddenly from the flat Amazon rainforest is cloaked in mystery. Cerro el Cono, the steep ...

Orchids are everywhere. New Zealand has well over 100 species; worldwide there are tens of thousands. “The only places where ...

SPRINGFIELD — Charles "Chuck" Hartke, a hog farmer from Teutopolis who served in the Illinois House and later as the state's agriculture director, died on Sunday. He was 80 years old. A self ...

The findings show close links between the genomes of 13 current members of Picuris and ancient DNA recovered from 16 Picuris ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

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Biochar is created through pyrolysis, a process that heats biomass in the absence of oxygen. The result is a stable, carbon-rich solid that doesn’t rot or decompose. When added to soil, it improves ...

In the latest effort by the university's museums to deal with subjects related to empire, signs have been put up as part of a ...